I have to live for others and not for myself; that's middle class morality

I have to live for others and not for myself: that's middle-class morality.

Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

My life has been nothing special. I am a quiet person who came from a very ordinary, middle-class Negro family.

I grew up in an upper-middle-class family. Street life is foreign to me. I'm not sure I'm going to get out of here alive.

would lead to a 40 percent cut in current benefits for middle-class beneficiaries, add five trillion dollars to our national debt and make the system weaker in the future.