Privilege Quotes
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Privilege is not a right but a reward…
R. M. Williams
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It is the privilege and duty of the present generation to pass on to its successors, unimpaired, the heritage of liberty bequeathed to it by the founders of the Republic.
George B. Cortelyou
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In the case of some people, not even if we had the most accurate scientific knowledge, would it be easy to persuade them were we to address them through the medium of that knowledge; for a scientific discourse, it is the privilege of education to appreciate, and it is impossible that this should extend to the multitude.
Aristotle
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As an actor to watch an audience of people howl together in a single mind as a result of work you've done together with friends is a privilege.
Tommy Lee Jones
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Love, in the divine alchemy of life, transmutes all duties into privileges, all responsibilities into joys.
William George Jordan
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I think it's a privilege to be able to fly to somewhere where people want to see my show.
Bill Burr
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Survival is a privilege which entails obligations. I am forever asking myself what I can do for those who have not survived.
Simon Wiesenthal
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It is the artist’s privilege to seek his material where he pleases, and it is no man’s privilege to say him nay.
Arthur Morrison
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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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I oppose any attempt to grant homosexual unions the same legal privileges that civil government affords to traditional marriage and family life.
Todd Akin
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There's definitely privilege in the upper classes, but as a whole, music can be enjoyed by anybody who can gather around a radio.
Geoff Rickly
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I consider myself hugely privileged to work at such a wonderful place as Ashdown, where I can step back into history and be inspired by both the setting and the people associated with it.
Nicola Cornick
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I'm sure you know a lot of people who were born into privilege and amounted to absolutely nothing. We all have greatness within us. So it is really important for everyone to figure out what God put us on Earth to do, and steer clear of the seven pervasive lies that often blindside people.
Farrah Gray
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When ordinary Soviet citizens are told that a vital trade agreement awarding their country most-favoured-nation status with the US is being blocked in Congress because Soviet Jews are demanding as an absolute right something few other inhabitants can expect as a special privilege - then the result is likely to be spontaneous outbreaks of anti-Semitism.
Alan Brien
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I'm happy to have the opportunity to record the records I want to - I'm very aware that that's a privilege.
Brad Mehldau
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What a great privilege it is to be here.
Bonnie L. Oscarson
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I had the great privilege in 2011 and 2012 of learning a lot about what it takes to run for the presidency of the United States. It is one of the greatest challenges that any human being could take upon themselves.
Rick Perry
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Life is a struggle and not a matter of privilege. It is nothing but one's knowledge of the temporal and the spiritual world.
Muhammad Iqbal
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I do feel a responsibility. It's a privilege to be able to speak about it, but I don't speak for all gay people.
Damian Barr
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Freedom of the press is a precious privilege that no country can forego.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Never complain about growing old... Some never have the privilege.
Mark Hart Crowded House
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Color is the language of the poets. It is astonishingly lovely. To speak it is a privilege.
Keith Crown
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Men live best upon a little; Nature has given to all the privilege of being happy, if they but knew how to use their gifts.
Claudius Claudianus
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The White Savior Industrial Complex is not about justice. It is about having a big emotional experience that validates privilege.
Teju Cole