Privilege Quotes

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The oppressors do not perceive their monopoly on having more as a privilege which dehumanizes others and themselves. They cannot see that, in the egoistic… — Paulo Freire
Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution, the time will come when medicine will organize into an undercover dictatorship to restrict the art of… — Benjamin Rush
God himself, finding he was in the midst of spirits and glory, because he was more intelligent, saw proper to institute laws whereby the rest… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
Habits of literary composition are perfectly familiar to me. One of the rarest of all the intellectual accomplishments that a man can possess is the… — Wilkie Collins
It is important and right that all privileges of the law be ours, but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the… — Booker T. Washington
my sweet old etcetera aunt lucy during the recent war could and what is more did tell you just what everybody was fighting for, my… — E E Cummings
The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are. — Carl Jung
You could give Aristotle a tutorial and you could thrill him to the core of his being. Aristotle was an encyclopedic polymath, an all time… — Richard Dawkins
A venturesome minority will always be eager to set off on their own, and no obstacles should be placed in their path; let them take… — Edward Abbey
In prison, I fell in love with my country. I had loved her before then, but like most young people, my affection was little more… — John McCain
Cram your head with characters and stories. Abuse your library privileges. Never stop looking at the world, and never stop reading to find out what… — Jennifer Weiner
I would give a woman not more rights, but more privileges. Instead of sending her to seek such freedom as notoriously prevails in banks and… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The fact that some governments, churches and numerous corrupted individuals have tried to reduce such behavior from criminal offence to personal privilege dose not change… — Spencer W. Kimball
Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws… — Wendell Berry
It was strictly forbidden to preach to other prisoners. It was understood that whoever was caught doing this received a severe beating. A number of… — Richard Wurmbrand
If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice, have recognition for difference without attaching difference to privilege. — Bell Hooks
The most spiritual men, as the strongest, find their happiness where others would find their destruction: in the labyrinth, in hardness against themselves and others,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Life isn't long enough to do all you could accomplish. And what a privilege even to be alive. In spite of all the pollutions and… — Tasha Tudor
The human species was given dominion over the earth and took the opportunity to exterminate other species and warm the atmosphere and generally ruin things… — Jonathan Franzen
Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them." - Franklin D. Roosevelt — Franklin D. Roosevelt

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