Lexi Alexander Quotes

This town was built on nepotism.

I'll just say that there are certain people who continue to be hired in Hollywood, and that leaves me truly shocked.

Those who are able to climb up the ladder will find ways to pull it up after them, or selectively lower it down to allow their friends, allies, and kin to scramble up. In other words: 'Who says meritocracy says oligarchy.'

President Junior is the mascot of crony capitalism.

At the end of the day nepotism has been there it's always going to be there don't expect it to change.

With the people, for the people, by the people. I crack up when I hear it; I say, with the handful, for the handful, by the handful, cause that's what really happens.

Language does not make one an elite.

Whenever there are some who have more opportunities than others, this feeds corruption.

I don't believe in social equality, and they know it.

Did any agents ever put Diane Ladd up for some of the great parts, even though she always got great reviews? No! But do they put up the girlfriend of the studio executive who's gonna do them a favor later? You betcha.

Elites quite naturally define as the most important and admired qualities for a citizen those on which they themselves have concentrated.

Nigeria must be one of the very few countries in the world where a man’s source of wealth is of no concern to his neighbors, the public or the government. Once a man is able to dole out money, the churches pray for him, he collects chieftancy titles and hobnobs with those who govern. The message to those who have not made it is clear: just be rich, the ways and means are irrelevant

To enjoy a prince's favor does not rule out the possibility of merit, but neither does it argue for its existence.

America is like a melting pot. The people at the bottom get burned, and the scum floats to the top.

Government posts are for sale, preventing some poor people with abilities from serving in those positions.

All patronage is perilous to men of real ability and merit. It aids only those who lack other claims to support.

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colors breaking through.

It is, indeed, a vice of rulers that men who have exceptional ability and worth are offensive to them

Believe me, Sir, those who attempt to level never equalize. In all societies consisting of various descriptions of citizens, some description must be uppermost. The levelers, therefore, only change and pervert the natural order of things.

All our public systems—administrative, justice, education, and political systems are closed systems designed to produce mediocrity.

Tory society is a closed society, in which birth and wealth have priority.

Crony capitalism is not capitalism - it is cronyism.

The system under which we live is owned and operated by people who do not deserve to run the world.

One would be lying if they say nepotism doesn't exist.

People favouring their relatives more than an outsider is what the biggest fight in democracy is, let it be in film industry or politics.