Privilege Quotes

1269 quotes by 983 authors

The privilege of feeling at home everywhere belongs only to kings, wolves and robbers. — Honore de Balzac
To take care of the world seemed, finally, a privilege rather than a burden. The Riddler had led them to life's greatest victory. They had… — Janet Morris
He doesn't like my name... Of course we couldn't all come over on the Mayflower... But I got here as soon as I could, and… — Anton Cermak
But if thought is to become the possession of many, not the privilege of the few, we must have done with fear. It is fear… — Bertrand Russell
Jesus did not die on the cross just so we could live comfortable, well adjusted lives. His purpose is far deeper: He wants to make… — Rick Warren
Just as war is freedom's cost, disagreement is freedom's privilege. — William J. Clinton
It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, divided a whole age. — Joseph Addison
We can never know God as it is our privilege to know Him by brief repetitions that are requests for personal favors, and nothing more. — Edward McKendree Bounds
I always give all the glory to God, but I do not forget that He gave me the privilege of ministering from the first to… — Charles Spurgeon
The only privilege literature deserves - and this privilege it requires in order to exist - is the privilege of being in the arena of… — Salman Rushdie
What the public wants is called 'politically unrealistic.' Translated into English, that means power and privilege are opposed to it. — Noam Chomsky
I am not in favor of caste, nor separation of the brotherhood of mankind, and would as willingly live among white men as Black, if… — Martin Delany
The essence of a class system is not that the privileged are conscious of their privileges, but that the deprived are conscious of their deprivations. — Clive James
Our privileges can be no greater than our obligations. The protection of our rights can endure no longer than the performance of our responsibilities. — John F. Kennedy
The revolutionists did not succeed in establishing human freedom; they poured the new wine of belief in equal rights for all men into the old… — Suzanne La Follette
Privilege is least apparent to those who have it. — Clarence Page
True religion is a revolutionary force: it is an inveterate enemy of oppression, privilege, and injustice. — Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Equality is the heart and essence of democracy, freedom, and justice, equality of opportunity in industry, in labor unions, schools and colleges, government, politics, and… — A. Philip Randolph
I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do… — George Bernard Shaw
Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess. — Pliny the Elder

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