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aristocracies

Meaning

of Aristocracy

Source: Webster's dictionary

Examples

History is a graveyard of aristocracies. Vilfredo Pareto

Every age that has historical status is governed by aristocracies.Aristocracy with the meaning - the best are ruling.Peoples do never govern themselves. That lunacy was concocted by liberalism. Behind its people's sovereignty the slyest cheaters are hiding, who don't want to be recognized. Joseph Goebbels

It is true that the aristocracies seem to have abused their monopoly of legal knowledge; and at all events their exclusive possession of the law was a formidable impediment to the success of those popular movements which began to be universal in the western world. Henry James Sumner Maine

All civilization", said Lord Curzon, quoting Renan, "all civilization has been the work of aristocracies".... It would be much more true to say "The upkeep of aristocracies has been the hard work of all civilizations. Winston Churchill

Egalitarians adjust to aristocracies just fine, as long as they get to be the aristocrats. Lois McMaster Bujold

In the schools of small Midwestern towns, the only aristocracies are of beauty, intelligence, and athletic prowess. Ellen Gilchrist

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