The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an august civil polity or a great art.
Ralph A. Cram

There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.
Thomas Jefferson

To add to our misery and despair, a bloated aristocracy has sent to China - the greatest and oldest despotism in the world - for a cheap working slave.
Denis Kearney

We are the only real aristocracy in the world: the aristocracy of money.
George Bernard Shaw

We stand a better chance with aristocracy, whether hereditary or elective, than with monarchy.
Ezra Stiles

Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy.
Xenophon