„Political institutions are a superstructure on the economic foundation.“

— Vladimir Lenin
„My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation — but I'm working on the foundation.“
— Marilyn Monroe
„We still think and talk of the basic problems of an industrial society as problems that can be solved by changing the system, that is the superstructure of political organization. Yet the real problems lie within the [industrial] enterprise. …our representative institution… a mirror in which we look when we want to see ourselves.“
— Peter F. Drucker
„Sentimentality is a superstructure covering brutality.“
— C.G. Jung
„Just as I'm opposed to political fascism, I'm opposed to economic fascism. I think that until major institutions of society are under the popular control of participants and communities, it's pointless to talk about democracy.“
— Noam Chomsky