Privilege Quotes - Page 21

• The novel does not seek to establish a privileged language but it insists upon the freedom to portray and analyze the struggle between the different contestants for such privileges.

  Salman Rushdie

  Freedom, Struggle, Doe

  Salman Rushdie (1990). “Is nothing sacred?”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

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• Why must we always talk about race anyway? Can't we just be human beings? And Professor Hunk replied - that is exactly what white privilege is, that you can say that. Race doesn't really exist for you because it has never been a barrier. Black folks don't have that choice.

  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  Race, White Privilege, Choices

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• To unequal privileges among members of the same society the spirit of our nation is, with one accord, adverse.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inalienable Rights, Spirit, Members

  Thomas Jefferson (1854). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, contin”, p.394

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• The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution. By a limited Constitution, I understand one which contains certain specified exceptions to the legislative authority. Limitations of this kind can be preserved in practice no other way than through the medium of courts of justice, whose duty it must be to declare all acts contrary to the manifest tenor of the Constitution void. Without this, all the reservations of particular rights or privileges would amount to nothing.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Rights, Practice, Justice

  The Federalist Papers, No. 78 ("The Judiciary Department"), www.congress.gov. May 28, 1788.

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• To all general purposes we have uniformly been one people each individual citizen everywhere enjoying the same national rights, privileges, and protection.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Rights, People, Citizens

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2015). “The Federalist Papers: A Collection of Essays Written in Favour of the New Constitution”, p.13, Coventry House Publishing

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• There are certain common privileges of a writer, the benefit whereof, I hope, there will be no reason to doubt; particularly, that where I am not understood, it shall be concluded, that something very useful and profound is couched underneath; and again, that whatever word or sentence is printed in a different character, shall be judged to contain something extraordinary either or wit of sublime.

  Jonathan Swift

  Character, Profound, Sublime

  Jonathan Swift (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Jonathan Swift (Illustrated)”, p.26, Delphi Classics

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• Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering intellect a privilege and seeing it as a handicap

  Jacques Barzun

  Swings, Intellectual, Opinion

  Jacques Barzun (1959). “The House of Intellect”

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• Privilege is here, and with privilege goes responsibility.

  John F. Kennedy

  Responsibility

  Speech at Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, October 26, 1963.

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• Our duty, privilege, and security are in believing, not in knowing; in trusting God, and not our own understanding. They are to be pitied who have no more trustworthy teacher than themselves.

  Charles Hodge

  Teacher, Believe, Knowing

  CHARLES HODGE (1873). “SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY.”, p.48

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• Don't complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.

  Earl Warren

  People, Age, Complaining

  The Reader's Digest, Vol. 116, p. 43, 1980.

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• Instead of celebrating my birthday, it would be my proud privilege if 5 September is observed as Teachers' Day.

  Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

  Teacher, My Birthday, Would Be

  "How to be a Good Teacher". Book by Rupal Jain, p. 138, 2013.

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• I’ve always considered it a great privilege to be a musician, I’ve never lost sight of that.

  Natalie Merchant

  Sight, Musician, Lost

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• People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  People, Risk, Investing

  "The Age of Uncertainty". Book by John Kenneth Galbraith, 1977.

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• Some sins do bear their privilege on earth,
  And so doth yours: your fault was not your folly;
  Needs must you lay your heart at his dispose,
  Subjected tribute to commanding love,
  Against whose fury and unmatched force
  The aweless lion could not wage the fight
  Nor keep his princely heart from Richard's hand.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Fighting, Hands

  William Shakespeare (2014). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare”, p.305, Race Point Pub

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• Know that it is good to work. Work with love, and think of liking it when you do it. It is easy and interesting. It is a privilege. There is nothing hard about it but your anxious vanity and fear of failure.

  Brenda Ueland

  Love, Work, Passion

  Brenda Ueland (2013). “If You Want to Write”, p.137, Simon and Schuster

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• It is truly a privilege to be able to support all women's causes on a global level. It is remarkable that something as simple as television can empower us to create change and awareness in the world. I am blessed to be able to work at a job I love and also give back in the most vital way-to people in need.

  Teri Hatcher

  Jobs, Women, Blessed

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• Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth - more than ruin, more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habits; thought is anarchic and lawless, indifferent to authority, careless of the well-tried wisdom of the ages. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid ... Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.

  Bertrand Russell

  Courage, Men, Light

  Bertrand Russell (2009). “Why Men Fight”, p.107, Routledge

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• doubt is the privilege of those who have lived a long time

  Jose Saramago

  Long, Doubt, Long Time

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• Avail yourself of the greatest privilege this side of heaven. Jesus Christ died to make this communion and communication with the Father possible.

  Billy Graham

  Christian, Jesus, Prayer

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• Dining is the privilege of civilization. . . . The nation which knows how to dine has learnt the leading lesson of progress.

  Isabella Beeton

  Leadership, Civilization, Progress

  Isabella Beeton, Nicola Humble (2008). “Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management: Abridged Edition”, p.363, Oxford University Press

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• Take heed, dear heart, of this large privilege; The hardest knife ill-used doth lose his edge.

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Knives, Used

  William Shakespeare (2009). “Sonnets and Other Poems”, p.289, Palgrave Macmillan

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• It is the privilege of adults to give advice. It is the privilege of youth not to listen. Both avail themselves of their privileges, and the world rocks along.

  Dominique Sutton

  Rocks, Giving, Advice

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  A girl should not expect special privileges because of her sex, but neither should she "adjust" to prejudice and discrimination.

  Betty Friedan

  Girl, Sex, Women

  BETTY FRIEDAN (1963). “The Feminine Mystique”

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• To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to use falsehood, to deceive either enemies or their own citizens, for the good of the state: and no one else may meddle with this privilege.

  Plato

  Plato, Lying, Enemy

  Plato (1866). “The Republic of Plato, tr. with an analysis and notes, by J.L. Davies and D.J. Vaughan”, p.80

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• The boxing promotion part is really interesting, because I got the chance to do something with my sons. They carry their own weight, and I get a chance to listen to them and see what they have on their minds. I don't have to hand out things to do, and now they have things for me to do. It's an amazing privilege to get the opportunity to work with your children.

  George Foreman

  Children, Son, Opportunity

  Source: blacksportsonline.com

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