Privileges Quotes

260 Privileges quotes by 213 unique authors

Black History Month is a great celebration for Black people everywhere. I just hope we get to the point as Black people that we celebrate… — Unknown Author
Once we take our eyes away from ourselves, from our interests, from our own rights, privileges, ambitions - then they will become clear to see… — Mother Teresa
Organized labor still has privileges and legal immunities that even kings and governments lost years ago. — Roscoe Pound
History is the long and tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Perils as well as privileges attend the higher Christian life. The nearer we come to God, the thicker the hosts of darkness in heavenly places.… — A B Simpson
Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that's the way he shows his passion for equality — Charles de Gaulle
We must beware of trying to build a society in which nobody counts for anything except a politician or an official, a society where enterprise… — Winston Churchill
Never live beneath your privileges. — Wayne Dyer
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
Leadership is not rank, privileges, title or money. It is responsibility. — Peter Drucker
Man is not a mind that thinks, but a being who knows other beings as true, who loves them as good and who enjoys them… — Etienne Gilson
By the laws of rectitude accused Persons, however atrocious their offences, are allowed to make their defence, and by a verdict of a Jury of… — Judith Sargent Murray
I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power. I am naturally very jealous for the rights and liberties of my country, and… — Benjamin Franklin
Patriarchy is not men. Patriarchy is a system in which both women and men participate. It privileges, inter alia, the interests of boys and men… — Ashley Judd
Today women have the rights and equality our Victorian sisters could only dream of, and with those privileges comes the responsibility of standing up and… — Sara Sheridan
White Privilege is the other side of racism. Unless we name it, we are in danger of wallowing in guilt or moral outrage with no… — Paula Rothenberg
We are always going to put the best interests of kids above the rights, privileges and priorities of adults. — Michelle Rhee
Patriarchy is bestowed on men at birth. Whether you want it or not, you have a privilege as a man, and you either fight against… — Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Spirituality brings a class of men who lay exclusive claim to the special powers of the world. The immediate effect of this is a reaction… — Swami Vivekananda
Early in life she had discovered the important truth that nothing looks so like innocence as an indiscretion; and by a series of reckless escapades,… — Oscar Wilde
Materialism has come to the rescue of India in a certain sense by throwing open the doors of life to everyone, by destroying the exclusive… — Swami Vivekananda
Destroy it. There may be a redistribution of the land, but the natural inequality of men soon re-creates an inequality of possessions and privileges, and… — Will Durant
A monk is not forbidden to marry, but if he takes a wife she becomes a monk with the same powers and privileges and occupies… — Swami Vivekananda
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.
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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