Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

A smaller government reflecting the needs of the middle class and poor is superior to a big government reflecting the needs of the privileged and powerful.

Human beings consider themselves satisfied only compared to some other condition. A man who has owned nothing but a bicycle all of his life feels suddenly wealthy the moment he buys an automobile…But this happy...

Jeff is the glue to my team. I’d say he’s the smartest player I’ve ever had the privilege of coaching. He’s really a two (shooting) guard, but we have to play him at point because...

You’ve had it the easiest. What good is all your privilege, you soft, spoiled thing, if you can’t stand on your own legs?

…After all, acknowledging unfairness then calls decent people forth to correct those injustices. And since most persons are at their core, decent folks, the need to ignore evidence of injustice is powerful: To do otherwise...

So they had all had more troubles than she. Did that really make them superior? If two men were walking along the street and a brick fell on one, missing the other, did that make...

Le mensonge n’a jamais paru répréhensible à Mouchette, car mentir est le plus précieux, et sans doute l’unique privilège des misérables.

Whiteness is not a culture. There is Irish culture and Italian culture and American culture – the latter, as Albert Murray pointed out, a mixture of the Yankee, the Indian, and the Negro (with a...

It’s a privilege to be asked, … People I talked to asked me, ‘Do you know how special that is?’

Privilege is when you contribute to the oppression of others and then claim that you are the one being discriminated against.

Privilege” is something else.”Privilege” is a judgment.”Privilege” is an opinion.”Privilege” is an accusation.

For the mentally disturbed, Marie knew these sandwich visits might be the only dependable moments in their lives. She also knew she delivered the sandwiches for her own sanity. Something would crumble inside of her...

Being a role model is a privilege.

Oh, bullshit. This isn’t one of those stories, Avice. One moment of cack-handedness, Captain Cook offends the bloody locals, one slip of the tongue or misuse of sacred cutlery, and bang, he’s on the grill....

It’s a privilege to work as an anchor for Univision, but more important, I am amazed by how Latinos are transforming America.

The notion that I should be fine with the status quo even if I am not wholly affected by the status quo is repulsive.

Equality before the law is probably forever unattainable. It is a noble ideal, but it can never be realized, for what men value in this world is not rights but privileges.

But by this time I was acutely conscious of the gap between law and justice. I knew that the letter of the law was not as important as who held the power in any real-life...

It’s mind-boggling how many different worlds people live in on this one planet.

The ability to have a choice in what you do is a privilege.

Privilege is not knowing that you’re hurting others and not listening when they tell you.

Why are you not smarter? It’s only the rich who can’t afford to be smart. They’re compromised. They got locked years ago into privilege. They have to protect their belongings. No one is meaner than...

Ignore the voice that scorns and ridicules to ensure it does not mold you. Stifling subtleties like these, if unchecked, are oppressive. Freedom is a love supreme birthright, not a privilege to be governed by...

What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.

Ben was such a special guy. He had the utmost respect for people. That was one of the things we thought and admired about him and the love the kids had for him. The kids...

Sometimes I get a little tired of it. But you know, what a privilege, to get tired of working with Ingmar Bergman.

doctor-patient privilege on a question-by-question basis.

I don’t think being married has made her more mature. I think because she was (already) so mature, it was one of the reasons she knew she was ready to be married. She’s always been...

It has been a privilege to coach Jen Rivera. I mean on and off the floor. She’ll do what it takes to win the game. She is all about the team; off the court, a...

The degree of ignorance cannot easily be expressed. We may say, for instance, that nearly two-thirds of them cannot read or write. This but partially expresses the fact. They are ignorant of the world about...

Maybe that was the trouble. She got the first and biggest share of everything – first whack at the new clothes and the biggest part of any special treat. Hazel never had to grab for...

What does religious freedom mean if we would use it as a cover for hate and privilege?

He shared in the cost for the privilege of being the pilot, … It worked out well for all of us — we finished our project and he was part of a grand adventure.

I get it, you know. I’m operating on privilege too. It may be a number of notches down from yours but it’s every bit as unearned. I think the trick is to never forget it.

I could go into their reality any time I chose to, but they could never come into mine. This is what I called ‘helping’ them.

Service to others in their time of need is a privilege and an honor.

Inviting someone to work for pay is a sacred privilege and a trust. It must be regarded a high honor to be able to give another person work, and neither employer nor employee should abuse...

I’m finally going to have the privilege to see it happen.

And many prefer not to exercise their imaginations at all. They choose to remain comfortably within the bounds of their own experience, never troubling to wonder how it would feel to have been born other...

Oh, I wouldn’t mind, Hazel Grace. It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you.

The act of claiming an identity can be transformational. It can provide healing and empowerment. It can weld solidarity within a community. And, perhaps most importantly, it can diminish power from an oppressor, a dominant...

History shows that it does not matter who is in power or what revolutionary forces take over the government, those who have not learned to do for themselves and have to depend solely on others...

I have the impression that our children are much more excited about going to school than children in other countries are. They think of it as a special privilege. Going to school, being with other...

One of my greatest pleasures in writing has come from the thought that perhaps my work might annoy someone of comfortably pretentious position. Then comes the saddening realization that such people rarely read.

How is it that we can punish women who are paid by politicians yet allow freedom and forgiveness to the politicians who pay them? The irony of the situation is that if we allow Sptizer’s...

Al Gore Jr. acted with honor and conviction in volunteering for service in a war he despised. … To save the seat of his father — a political warrior in the cause of peace —...

What you’d call stealing, I’d call a mistake. Or, if I were a politician, I’d call it an opportunity, and my privilege.

If you happen to be white in a white country; pretty according to the dictates of fashion; rich in a country where money is adored, it’s almost impossible to grow up and to grow up...

Being able to still make records is a privilege. I don’t take it casually.