America is like a melting pot. The people at the bottom get burned,

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• America is a melting pot. You know, where those on the bottom get burned,
  and the scum rises to the top. -- Utah...
• E]lections amount to little more than choosing between the scum that floats to the top of the barrel and the dregs that settle to the bottom.
  L. Neil...
• Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.
  -- Ed...
• Society is like a stew. If you don't keep it stirred up,
  you get a lot of scum on top. -- Edward...
• Rain on a tin roof sounds like a drum. We're marching for freedom today,
  hey! Turn on your headlights and sound your horn...
• People at the top make decisions as though times were good when people at the bottom know that the organization is collapsing.
  Paul...
• Eggs on top,
  canned goods on the bottom.....
• There are those that are born to be on top and those that are born to be on bottom.
  Like officers and soldiers. -- Sergeant...
• The cream rises to the top. So does the scum. --
  Wellington's Law of...