Quotes About Privilege

la característica de una clase privilegiada es siempre la misma: la posesión del ocio, como única gran recompensa de su condición.

if you wish to call the truth impossible, that is your privilege, but it will get you nowhere.

No matter how the economy and sociology of the neighboring sectors of the Galaxy changed, there was always an elite; and it is always the characteristic of an elite that it possesses leisure as the great reward of its elite-hood.

Sei tu dalla parte del torto, John, quando parli di diritti "inalienabili". Quello che tu chiami un "diritto" è meramente un privilegio, generalmente accettato. Ciò che la società accetta, quello è diritto; il resto non conta.»

When talking about human rights, in truth we're referring to men's rights. If a man is beaten and deprived of his freedom, it's called torture. When a woman endures the same, it's called domestic violence and is still considered a private matter in most of the world.

En todas las clases sociales, menos las privilegiadas por el dinero, la abnegación y el trabajo se consideran las máximas virtudes femeninas; el espíritu de sacrificio es una cuestión de honor, mientras más sufren por la familia, más orgullosas se sienten. Se acostumbran desde temprano a considerar al compañero como un hijo bobalicón, a quien perdonan graves defectos, desde ebriedad hasta violencia doméstica, porque es hombre.

In all social classes except the most privileged, abnegation and hard work are considered the supreme female virtues; a spirit of sacrifice is a question of honor: the more one suffers for family, the prouder one feels. Women are used to thinking of their mate as a foolish child whose every serious fault, from drunkenness to domestic violence, they forgive . . . because he's a man.

Multitud de niñas ricas con mente pobre.

In her experience, light skin and money made almost anything easier. She wanted her grandchildren to come into the world with an advantage.

Violence against women is universal and as old as civilization. When talking about human right, in truth we're referring to men's rights. If a man is beaten and deprived of his freedom, it's called torture. When a woman endures the same, it's called domestic violence and is still considered a private matter in most of the world.

El dinero lo aburría, porque siempre lo había tenido.

Las miserias de la enfermedad nos igualan, no hay ricos ni pobres, al cruzar este umbral los privilegios se hacen humo y nos volvemos humildes. Mi

Cuando se habla de derechos humanos, en la práctica se habla de derechos de los hombres. Si un hombre es golpeado y privado de libertad, es tortura. Si lo mismo soporta una mujer se llama violecia doméstica y todavía en la mayor parte del mundo se considera un asunto privado.

Vamos a acabar con los privilegios de la oligarquía, la Iglesia, los latifundistas y el resto de los explotadores del pueblo. Debemos defender la democracia, amigos; pero recuerden que no todo ha de ser política. Sin ciencia, industria y técnica no hay progreso posible, y sin música y arte no hay alma

Although I didn't spend much time in New Zealand at all, I feel really privileged to have that Maori blood and link to my past. I got my tattoo out of respect to that.

I was an Indian with zero sense of caste till I was 20. That's an unusual privilege but it came out of the fact that I was a middle-class Bengali.

Often in America, access to the freedoms and privileges guaranteed under the Constitution are determined by ZIP code.

I know what it's like to access the privilege of a ZIP Code but also be born in one that could have destined me to something else.

I always say that the characters in Jane Austen's original books are rather like zombies because they live in this bubble of immense wealth and privilege and no matter what's going on around them they have a singular purpose to maintain their rank and to impress others.

There are no credentials. They do not even need a medical certificate. They need not be sound either in body or mind. They only require a certificate of birth -just to prove they are first of the litter. You would not choose a Spaniel on these principles. (On aristocracy)

About all some men accomplish in life is to send a son to Harvard.

A private railroad car is not an acquired taste. One takes to it immediately.

I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty. I was a bit upset about reaching that milestone, but an older friend consoled me. 'Don't complain about growing old - many people don't have that privilege.'

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