Privilege Quotes

1269 quotes by 983 authors

A free press is not a privilege but an organic necessity in a great society. ... A great society is simply a big and complicated… — Walter Lippmann
The free expression of opinion, as experience has taught us, is the safety-valve of passion. The noise of the rushing steam, when it escapes, alarms… — Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone
Our idea of what constitutes social good has advanced with the procession of the ages, from those desperate times when just to keep body and… — Frances Perkins
Misquotation is the pride and privilege of the learned. — Hesketh Pearson
Never live beneath your privileges. — Wayne Dyer
Coding is a privilege, but that privilege is not available to most Americans. — Ali Partovi
Everyone has a right to be stupid, but Comrade McDonald abuses the privilege. — Leon Trotsky
I think Dario Ringach is a poster boy for the concept that the use of force or the threat of force is an effective means… — Jerry Vlasak
The more credible you are, the more confidence people place in you, thereby allowing you the privilege of influencing their lives. — John C. Maxwell
The feeling of it to my lungs was not sensibly different from that of common air; but I fancied that my breast felt peculiarly light… — Joseph Priestley
Life appears: a complex dampness, destined to an intricate future and charged with secret virtues, capable of challenge and creation. A kind of precarious slime,… — Roger Caillois
Mitt doesn't like to talk about how he has helped others because he sees it as a privilege, not a political talking point. — Ann Romney
A woman has a responsibility and a privilege that a man doesnt have of given birth to another human being. — Peter Kreeft
I privilege the music over the lyrics — Duncan Sheik
Be exceptional. Make tremendous efforts to be extraordinary. What a privilege to be here on the planet to contribute your unique donation to humankind. Just… — Shelby Lynne
To be a son or daughter of God also means you are royalty. This is the greatest of privileges, but it is also an awesome… — Heidi Baker
It's been a privilege to write for you and to have you accept me as a storyteller in your lives, Now, as my story draws… — Bryce Courtenay
Anonymity is an abused privilege, abused most by people who mistake vitriol for wisdom and cynicism for wit. — Danny Wallace
Worrying was painful .... but compared to the alternative, a privilege — Laura Moriarty
To have privilege in one or more areas does not mean you are wholly privileged. Surrendering to the acceptance of privilege is difficult, but it… — Roxane Gay

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