Quotes on Privilege

I came from such a simple origin, without any great privilege, and I would say I also wanted to make a mark. It wasn't until I was about 15 that I appeared in a race.

Author: Roger Bannister

Scratch a pessimist and you find often a defender of privilege.

Author: William Beveridge

But if I had committed a breach of privilege, it was the privilege of the Senate, and not of this House, which was violated. I was answerable there and not here.

Author: Preston Brooks

I have never experienced racism in the feminist movement, so it concerned me to think that I was unable to see the subject clearly because I came from white, middle-class privilege.

Author: Betty Buckley

Membership in the bar is a privilege burdened with conditions.

Author: Benjamin Cardozo

I just think the most difficult thing to displace is privilege.

Author: Sean Connery

I am proud to be in the Senate. I have always been proud to be a part of our political system. It is a remarkable privilege to participate in this system of ours.

Author: Byron Dorgan

It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide.

Author: Desiderius Erasmus

A free public broadcast license is a privilege.

Author: Bart Gordon

When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.

Author: Charles Hughes

What a privilege it is to be an American!

Author: Thomas King

I have therefore concluded to apply for the privilege of becoming a Cadet at West Point.

Author: George Stoneman

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

Author: Liv Ullmann

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.

Author: Voltaire