A Quote by Flora Thompson

The luxuries of the few were becoming necessities of the many.

Flora Thompson

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Becoming Few Luxuries Many Necessities Were

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Flora Thompson
English - Novelist
December 5, 1876 - May 21, 1947

Somehow we are going to have to develop a concept of enough for those at the top and at the bottom so that the necessities of the many are not sacrificed for the luxuries of the few.

Marian Wright Edelman

Although we sometimes did without a few of life's necessities, we rarely lacked for its luxuries.

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Avoid the philosophy and excuse that yesterday's luxuries have become today's necessities. They aren't necessities unless we ourselves make them such. . . . It is essential for us to live within our means.

Thomas S. Monson

This will be the day when we shall bring into full realization the dream of American democracy - a dream yet unfulfilled. A dream of equality of opportunity, of privilege and property widely distributed; a dream of a land where men will not take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Men aren't necessities. They're luxuries.

Cher

Men aren't necessities, they're luxuries.

Cher

There are some things concerning which we must always be maladjusted if we are to be people of good will. We must never adjust ourselves to racial segregation. We must never adjust ourselves to religious bigotry. We must never adjust ourselves to economic conditions that take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Give me the luxuries and I can dispense with the necessities.