Privilege Quotes
1269 quotes by 948 authors
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We believe in enjoying the constitutional privilege and right of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own consciences.
— Joseph Smith, Jr.
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The benefits of the constitution and laws are alike for all; and the great Elohim has given me the privilege of having the benefits of…
— Joseph Smith, Jr.
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The Constitution is not a law, but it empowers the people to make laws... The Constitution tells us what shall not be a lawful tender...…
— Joseph Smith, Jr.
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And that law of the land which is constitutional, supporting that principle of freedom in maintaining rights and privileges, belongs to all mankind, and is…
— Joseph Smith, Jr.
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My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These…
— Edmund Burke
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The war on privilege will never end. Its next great campaign will be against the privileges of the underprivileged.
— H. L. Mencken
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Ours was the first revolution in the history of mankind that truly reversed the course of government, and with three little words: 'We the people.'…
— Ronald Reagan
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Thank God! we are in the full enjoyment of all these privileges. But can we be taught to prize them too much? or how can…
— Benjamin Franklin
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I believe this nation hungers for a spiritual revival; hungers to once again see honor placed above political expediency; to see government once again the…
— Ronald Reagan
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The process of self-healing is the privilege of every being. Self-healing is not a miracle, nor is self-healing a dramatization of the personality as though…
— Harbhajan Singh Yogi
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From secrecy and deception in high places; come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation; come home, America. From the…
— George McGovern
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Everywhere among the English-speaking race criminal justice was rude, and punishments were barbarous; but the tendency was to do away with special privileges and legal…
— Albert Bushnell Hart
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Who could deny that privacy is a jewel? It has always been the mark of privilege, the distinguishing feature of a truly urbane culture. Out…
— Phyllis McGinley
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I love to look at The Graduate, or Lawrence of Arabia, or things I had nothing to do with. But you could not get me…
— Jeffrey Katzenberg
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The privilege of a university education is a great one; the more widely it is extended the better for any country.
— Winston Churchill
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It is privilege of living to be acutely, agonizingly conscious of the moment that is always present and always passing.
— Marya Mannes
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The Geometer has the special privilege to carry out, by abstraction, all constructions by means of the intellect.
— Evangelista Torricelli
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We all have a limited amount and that it's a privilege to grow old. That's something that I think a lot of people have forgotten…
— Laura Linney
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Books written out of fire give me a great deal of pleasure. You get the sense that the world for these writers could not have…
— Hisham Matar
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Good food is a right, not a privilege. It brings children into a positive relationship with their health, community and environment.
— Alice Waters
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