“The revolutionary elements within the middle class came together in the youth movement and its Bünde, and began to destroy the middle class from within… It is doubtful whether the anti-capitalist youth of the middle class origin could have entered into a fruitful association with the proletarian youth.”
Source: The Revolution of Nihilism: Warning to the West (1939), p. 65
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The Humanist interview (2012)
Context: Regarding the idea that the women’s movement is white and middle class — a fair share of the country is white and middle class. And certainly, there are racist white women. Certainly, there are sexist black men. All those things are true. But the other thing that’s never said is that black women are much more likely to support feminist issues than white women. It makes sense because they’re much more likely to be on the paid labor force than white women. And if you’ve experienced discrimination for one reason, you’re probably more likely to recognize it for another reason.
“The late Middle Ages not merely has a successful middle class—it is in fact a middle-class period.”
The Social History of Art, Volume I. From Prehistoric Times to the Middle Ages, 1999, Chapter IV. The Middle Ages

usually interpreted as ‘Jewish’ capitalism
Source: Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris (1999), p. 135

“I grew up in a middle-class family in the middle of America in the middle of the last century.”
Economic policy speech, May 29, 2007. http://www.hillaryclinton.com/news/speech/view/?id=1839
Presidential campaign (January 20, 2007 – 2008)

“Nobody tries to diminish the Civil Rights movement by saying they were middle class.”
The Humanist interview (2012)
Context: If you think about Martin Luther King and others in the leadership of the Civil Rights movement, they were all college-educated, middle class people. Nobody tries to diminish the Civil Rights movement by saying they were middle class.
It’s true that the National Organization for Women in its early years was white middle class. But once it was joined by younger women from civil rights groups like SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) it changed profoundly. In any case, my life’s ambition is to make white women as smart as black women. Because the group of women who still vote against their own self-interest are white married women.

Speech at the University of Las Villas (1959)

Clinton: 'Raise Taxes On The Middle Class!' 8-1-2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ua13_gYQn0; as quoted in "Hillary Promises ‘We Are Going To Raise Taxes On The Middle Class’ <nowiki>[Video http://dailycaller.com/2016/08/03/hillary-promises-we-are-going-to-raise-taxes-on-the-middle-class-video/</nowiki>"] by Derek Hunter, The Daily Caller (3 August 2016).
Presidential campaign (April 12, 2015 – 2016)