Quotes About Privilege

This is not a meritocracy.

Even the ways we don't eat are based in class. The middle class don't eat in support groups. The poor can't afford not to eat at all. The rich hire someone to not eat with them in private.

The higher your station, the less your liberty.

You rich people are all the same. You couldn't care less about the other half of the world. They can all starve to death for all you care!

The President seems to extend executive privilege way out past the atmosphere. What he says is executive privilege is nothing but executive poppycock.

Land belongs to everyone and should be shared with everyone, any family of four or six people is supported well with 12 hectares of land. Any family of more than six people is supported with 25 hectares of land. A single individual can live with 6 hectares, land belongs to everyone, and to work the land we can share it among us, nobody is more than anyone, no one has special privileges.

To this day, when I hear people judge students on the basis of their test scores, I think of my sleep-deprived African-American classmates as we geared up to take English or math tests together. We may have been equal before God, but I had three more hours of sleep, vastly more time to prepare, and many more resources at my disposal than those who were part of the busing program.

The rich man's dog gets more in the way of vaccination, medicine and medical care than do the workers upon whom the rich man's wealth is built.

Always remember that with privilege comes responsibility. You must go to Casa Azul and see the place you came from. Only then will you be able to understand how far you've come.

I told my parents she's a low-income student from inner-city Philadelphia who's going through some tough times at home right now, and I'm doing this as an outreach program through Rosewood Day. Amazingly, they bought it.

I was middle class and fucked up and spoilt.

The greatest privilege God gives to you is the freedom to approach Him at any time.

I'm very fortunate to have the privilege of working with directors like Bill Condon and Paul Thomas Anderson, who I think is one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.

I've got a passion for what I'm doing and I feel privileged all the time.

Speaking as one who has abused privilege a long time, I tell you, it's great to be alive.

Obviously, it's a great privilege and pleasure to be here at the Yale Law School Sesquicentennial Convocation. And I defy anyone to say that and chew gum at the same time.

When we build a public library, we don't have to pay to get in, but when we build a stadium, we have to pay the owner every time we go to a game.

Communism is a form of government under which every citizen at election time enjoys the privilege of voting Yes.

The best thing about time passing is the privilege of running out of it, of watching the wave of mortality break over me and everyone I know.

Donald Trump insisted yesterday that he is not racist, because one time an African-American won Apprentice. Because nothing says 'not racist' like making a black man run your errands.

Ne bildiÄŸinizi bilmeden bildiÄŸinizi san?rs?n?z, o bilginin sonuna varamazs?n?z, dünyadaki mutsuzluÄŸun tek ba??n?za sureti olduÄŸunuzu san?rs?n?z, imtiyazl? bir al?nyaz?s?n?n sureti. Kendinizi olmakta olan bu ÅŸeyin hakimi san?rs?n?z, böyle bir ÅŸeyin var olduÄŸunu san?rs?n?z

Pero no teníamos hambre, nosotros teníamos un criado y comíamos, a veces, es cierto, porquerías, zancudas, caimanes, pero tales porquerías estaban cocinadas por un criado y servidas por él y a veces incluso no las queríamos, nos permitíamos el lujo de no querer comer.

S'enrhumer est à Rome un privilège d'empereur

I was taught that the world had a lot of problems; that I could struggle and change them; that intellectual and material gifts brought the privilege and responsibility of sharing with others less fortunate; and that service is the rent each of us pays for living -- the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time or after you have reached your personal goals.