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Quotes About Privilege

The dubious privilege of a freelance writer is he's given the freedom to starve anywhere.
~ S. J. Perelman
My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!
~ Thomas Jefferson
Who ordained that a few should have the land of Britain as a perquisite, who made 10,000 people owners of the soil and the rest of us trespassers in the land of our birth?
~ David Lloyd George
It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.
~ Dick Cheney
As we talked of freedom and justice one day for all, we sat down to steaks. I am eating misery, I thought, as I took the first bite. And spit it out.
~ Alice Walker
Freedom of the press is a precious privilege that no country can forego.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
The breath of an aristocrat is the death rattle of freedom.
~ Georg Buchner
In America, writers are afforded the freedom to express themselves in unlimited manners. Creative liberty is a privilege.
~ Michael Graves
The luxury to disparage freedom is the privilege of those who already possess it.
~ Bertrand Russell
Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be acquired.
~ David Lloyd George
More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not some imported American privilege.
~ Michael Anti
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
~ Sallust
Everybody is born free. Not everybody is worthy of freedom.
~ Os Guinness
Man's most sacred privilege is freedom of will, the ability to obey or disobey his Maker.
~ Joseph Hertz
How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!
~ Thomas Jefferson
Caring for friends opens the heart, and gifts us with the privilege of sharing the fruits of our self-imposed and necessary solitude.
~ Unknown
Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have nonsense respected.
~ Charles Lamb
Freedom of press is limited to those who own one.
~ H. L. Mencken
Suicide, is a persons privilege. I don't believe it's a sin or a crime it's your right if you do. Though it doesn't get you anywhere.
~ Marilyn Monroe
The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
~ Joseph Campbell
We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.
~ Unknown
All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.
~ Oscar Wilde
Success is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in the hills get and the higer the fences get.
~ Kevin Spacey
We live in a strange world where the poor walk miles to get food, and the rich walk miles to digest food.
~ Mufti Ismail Menk