“Better to be a first-class matchbox than a second-class match.”
“I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.”
“There are only two classes - first class and no class. ”
“My capacity for happiness," he added, "you could fit into a matchbox without taking out the matches first”
“I know some first-class Negroes. I also know some second-rate white people.”
“What better way for a ruling class to claim and hold power than to pose as the defenders of the nation.”