Privilege Quotes

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Man's characteristic privilege is that the bond he accepts is not physical but moral; that is, social. He is governed not by a material environment… — Emile Durkheim
Prayer lays hold of God's plan and becomes the link between His will and its accomplishment on earth. Amazing things happen, and we are given… — Elisabeth Elliot
Prayer should not be regarded as a duty which must be performed, but rather as a privilege to be enjoyed, a rare delight that is… — Edward McKendree Bounds
Suffering is by no means a privilege, a sign of nobility, a reminder of God. Suffering is a fierce, bestial thing, commonplace, uncalled for, natural… — Cesare Pavese
I am quite sure that very few of the so-called Reds in Spain were really Communists. We were badly deceived, for, had I known the… — Adolf Hitler
If we wish to be free; if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending; if we… — Patrick Henry
I've received many honors and I'm grateful for them; but I've already received the highest award I'll ever receive, and that has been the privilege… — Grace Hopper
May it be my privilege to have the happiness of establishing the commonwealth on a firm and stable basis and thus enjoy the reward which… — Augustus
Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be acquired. — David Lloyd George
Do everything you need to do to keep the passion alive and never forget that it is a privilege to do what you love. — Martin Brodeur
To dope the racer is as criminal, as sacrilegious, as trying to imitate God; it is stealing from God the privilege of the spark. — Roland Barthes
When I competed, it was for honor and country. It was a privilege to be a part of the U.S. team. — Bill Toomey
Life is a boundless privilege, and when you pay for your ticket, and get into the car, you have no guess what good company you… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Golf is a game in which you claim the privileges of age, and retain the playthings of childhood. — Samuel Johnson
It is the privilege of greatness to confer intense happiness with insignificant gifts. — Friedrich Nietzsche
It is the great privilege of poverty to be happy and yet unenvied, to be healthy with physic, secure without a guard, and to obtain… — Samuel Johnson
What is a minority? The chosen heroes of this earth have been in a minority. There is not a social, political, or religious privilege that… — John Bartholomew Gough
Big business is not dangerous because it is big, but because its bigness is an unwholesome inflation created by privileges and exemptions which it ought… — Woodrow Wilson
Do not confuse your vested interests with ethics. Do not identify the enemies of your privilege with the enemies of humanity. — Max Lerner
Reverie is the groundwork of creative imagination; it is the privilege of the artist that with him it is not as with other men an… — W. Somerset Maugham

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