Privileges Quotes

260 Privileges quotes by 213 unique authors

The war on privilege will never end. Its next great campaign will be against the privileges of the underprivileged. — H. L. Mencken
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
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
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
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
They have done their worst, and continued to deny me even the privileges accorded to the common herd . . . but I am sustained… — Michael Davitt
There is nothing little in God; His mercy is like Himself-it is infinite. You cannot measure it. His mercy is so great that it forgives… — Charles Spurgeon
Art is a path on which we honour our world. Art may not be the only path, but it is a good path, even though… — Robert Genn
The first effect marriage had on me was to increase my lack of interest in sex.... Actually our marriage was a sort of friendship with… — Marilyn Monroe
Life becomes precious and more special to us when we look for the little everyday miracles and get excited about the privileges of simply being… — Tim Hansel
In modern states, the citizen is politically impotent. A citizen, it is true, may complain, make suggestions, or cause disruptions, but in the ancient world… — Mark Mirabello
If a fast doesn't include any sacrifices, then it's not a fast. The discomfort is where the magic happens. Life zips along, unchecked and automatic.… — Jen Hatmaker
Too often we take blessings for granted, like the sun, the air, health, and opportunity. Or we accept favors, honors, and privileges day after day… — Spencer W. Kimball
Fashion is free speech, and one of the privileges, if not always one of the pleasures, of a free world — Alison Lurie
God commands us to be filled with the Spirit, and if we are not filled, it is because we are living beneath our privileges — Dwight L. Moody
There are, for example, exemptions in FOIA in which the government can withhold certain kinds of information, and the courts have recognized that there is… — Alberto Gonzales
I think that anything that has privileges have responsibility and all people that is clear about their responsibility has compromise. — Carlos Slim
If you agree with me that a poem can be as bountiful as a rich Victorian narrative, and as wise... then you'll want to join… — Unknown Author
Even when the polls are open to all, Negroes have shown themselves too slow to exercise their voting privileges. There must be a concerted effort… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The moment a mere numerical superiority by either states or voters in this country proceeds to ignore the needs and desires of the minority, and… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Compassion for the other comes out of our ability to accept ourselves. Until we realize both our own weaknesses and our own privileges, we can… — Joan D. Chittister
The case may very well be that Congress is willing to restrict campaign contributions because it has these privileges. It is true that incumbents normally… — Gordon Tullock
The ordinary politician has a very low estimate of human nature. In his daily life he comes into contact chiefly with persons who want to… — Walter Lippmann
The government being the peoples business, it necessarily follows that its operations should be at all times open to the public view. Publicity is therefore… — William Jennings Bryan
Privacy, after all, was the most relative of privileges. It was granted us by society under ungenerous conditions, the most fundamental of them that whether… — Diana Trilling

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