Tag - Noblesse Quotes

Discover the most impactful and inspirational quotes from the Noblesse Quotes category. Here, you’ll find a diverse collection of motivation, wisdom, love, laughter, or a deeper understanding of life, our curated selection of quotes has something for everyone. Perfect for fans and those looking for motivation, our collection of Noblesse Quotes will inspire and resonate with you.

Ross Douthat

The days of noblesse oblige are long behind us, so our elite’s entire claim to legitimacy rests on theories of equal opportunity and upward mobility, and the promise that ‘merit’ correlates with talents and deserts.

– Ross Douthat

Ross Douthat

On the evidence we have, the meritocratic ideal ends up being just as undemocratic as the old emphasis on inheritance and tradition, and it forges an elite that has an aristocracy’s vices (privilege, insularity, arrogance) without the sense of duty, self-restraint and noblesse oblige that WASPs at their best displayed.

– Ross Douthat

Jr Robert W Welch

For, quite literally, the whole world today is looking for us to take the lead in carrying out those obligations imposed on the American people as a whole by the beautiful, compassionate and courageous principle of noblesse oblige.

– Robert W Welch, Jr

Molly Ivins

The reason there is no noblesse oblige about Dubya is because he doesn’t admit to himself or anyone else that he owes his entire life to being named George W. Bush. He didn’t just get a head start by being his father’s son – it remained the single most salient fact about him for most of his life.

– Molly Ivins

G M Trevelyan

If the French noblesse had been capable of playing cricket with their peasants, their chateaux would never have been burnt.

– G M Trevelyan

Copyright © 2025 · Created by Quotes Studio