Privilege Quotes
1269 quotes by 983 authors
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American decision-makers must understand how damaging a foreign policy that privileges order and profit over justice really is in the long term.
— Samantha Power
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I build no system. I ask an end to privilege, the abolition of slavery, equality of rights, and the reign of law. Justice, nothing else;…
— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
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I think documentary filmmakers need as much protection as possible under journalist's privilege. How else is the public to know what is going on?
— Robert Redford
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Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.
— Tony Robbins
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There is no magical reason why I am where I am. And there is absolutely no reason why you can't be where you want to…
— Robin Roberts
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It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
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The reason why I'm here today is to explain why I am running and what I will do if you give me the honor and…
— Marco Rubio
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Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free.
— Bertrand Russell
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The Holocaust survivors are among the most inspiring people I have had the privilege to meet.
— Jonathan Sacks
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ERA means abortion funding, means homosexual privileges, means whatever else.
— Phyllis Schlafly
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I believe with all my heart that America remains 'the great idea' that inspires the world. It is a privilege to be born here. It…
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
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In America, Blackberry Farm in Tennessee is one of the most amazing hotels I've had the privilege of staying at.
— Gail Simmons
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It's been a great privilege to serve the people of Pennsylvania.
— Arlen Specter
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Motherhood is a great honor and privilege, yet it is also synonymous with servanthood. Every day women are called upon to selflessly meet the needs…
— Charles Stanley
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Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.
— Amy Tan
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We habitually engage in meddling with nature. Until this century most of this meddling was good. Witness the preservation of the European countryside. But since…
— Lewis Thomas
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There's no question that we need tougher drunk-driving laws for repeat offenders. We need to take a lesson from European countries where driving isn't a…
— Jesse Ventura
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Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.
— Voltaire
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When you dominate other people's emotions, the time has to come when you will have to pay, and heavily, for that privilege.
— Ethel Waters
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No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights…
— Noah Webster
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