Common Sense

by Thomas Paine

Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early poisoned by importance; and the world they act in differs so materially from the world at large, that they have but little opportunity of knowing its true interests, and when they succeed to the government are frequently the most ignorant and unfit of any throughout the dominions.

This speaks to a caste perspective

Of more worth is one honest man to society and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived.

Feels like this really relates to the heart of a person