The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.

In the 1970s, many intellectuals had become political radicals. Marxism was correct, liberalism was for wimps, and Marx had pronounced that 'the ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.'

The ruling class is and will continue to be the class of decision makers.

At the moment we have a ruling class that has one law and the people the other.

England is the most class-ridden country under the sun. It is a land of snobbery and privilege, ruled largely by the old and silly.

If you don't look like the ruling class, bring your inhaler.