Noun
One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindoos are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism.
A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly hold intercourse among themselves.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI have no color prejudices nor caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. All I care to know is that a man is a human being, and that is enough for me he can't be any worse. Mark Twain
You are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other place of worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion or caste or creed. That has nothing to do with the business of the State. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Call a truce, then to our labors - let us feast with friends and neighbors And be merry as the custom of our caste For if faint and forced the laughter, and if sadness follow after, We are richer by one mocking Christmas past. Rudyard Kipling
Economic theory is the most prestigious subject of instruction and study. Agricultural economics, labor economics and marketing are lower caste fields of study. John Kenneth Galbraith
As for the system of the Commune, which makes it impossible for a man to rise or fall, it is merely the old caste system revived; if it could be put into force, all industry would be disheartened, emulation would cease, and mankind would go to sleep. William Winwood Reade
Caste is not just a division of labour, it is a division of labourers. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar