„I bequeath the republic to the republicans and not to the monarchists, and the work of social reform to the socialist and not to the middle class.“

— Benito Mussolini
„“The poor and the middle class work for money.” “The rich have money work for them.”“
— Robert T. Kiyosaki
„We declare war against socialism, not because it is socialism, but because it has opposed nationalism…. We intend to be an active minority, attract the proletariat away from the official Socialist party. But if the middle class thinks that we are going to be their lightning rods, they are mistaken.“
— Benito Mussolini
„No Bolshevik, no Communist, no intelligent socialist has ever entertained the idea of violence against the middle peasants. All socialists have always spoken of agreement with them and of their gradual and voluntary transition to socialism.“
— Vladimir Lenin