The Problems of Class Distinction

CALVIN COOLIDGE, president of the United States from 1923 to 1929, was concerned with the problem of social class distinctions and spoke of "the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes." Nevertheless, some 40 years after Coolidge's preside

Why is it so difficult to turn the idea of human equality into a reality? A major factor is human nature. Former U.S. congressman William Randolph Hearst once said: "All men are created equal in one respect, at least, and that is their desire to ...