Top 1200 Class Privilege Quotes & Sayings - Page 16

Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be acquired.

I feel lucky that I get the privilege of serving in the Senate.

I'm excited about the emergence of tokens, and while I'm skeptical of many of the early projects being launched, I do believe we are seeing the emergence of an entirely new asset class that will foster the growth of a new investment community, a new set of social networks, and most importantly, a new class of technologies.

I had the honor and privilege of working with John Ritter.

To be able to live and work in the United States is a privilege.

My father's father wrote for a Philadelphia newspaper and aspired to be a playwright. We had in our house a couple of crazy unproduced plays that he had written. For the one creative writing class I took in my life, I didn't do any writing - I decided that I would plagiarize his terrible play to not fail the class.

To connect is to dissolve the imaginary pyramids of artificial privilege.

So the state founded on natural principles is wise as a whole in virtue of the knowledge inherent in its smallest constituent class, which exercises authority over the rest. And the smallest class is the one which naturally possesses that form of knowledge which alone of all others deserves the title of wisdom.

To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered.

We have the Second Amendment, but no privilege or right under the U.S. Constitution is unlimited.

It would be a privilege to be accepted by the Glazer family in Tampa.

I am doing a lot of work for my church, taking an evangelism class, doing a lot of reading - mostly the Bible and things that coordinate with the Bible and go with the evangelism class.

The greatest privilege of childhood is to live totally in the present.

It is privilege that causes evil in the world, not wickedness, and not men.

For truth itself has not the privilege to be spoken at all times and in all sorts.

It's been a great privilege to serve the people of Pennsylvania.

For the women out there that I've hurt with my male privilege, I'm sorry.

It's a privilege and an honour to be a part of the Indian team setup.

Animals share with us the privilege of having a soul.

Freedom of the press is a precious privilege that no country can forego.

It's an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.

My father grew up in a life of extreme privilege.

High culture always isolates, always drives men out of their class, and makes it more difficult for them to share naturally and easily the common class-life around them. They seek the few companions who can understand them, and when these are not to be had within a traversable distance, they sit and work alone.

Exclusion of just one class of citizens from receiving a marriage license based upon the perceived 'threat' they pose to the marital institution is, at bottom, an arbitrary exclusion based upon the majority's disapproval of the defined class. It is also insulting to same-sex couples, who are human beings capable of forming loving, committed, enduring relationships.

When I was in high school, I was in a special math class. I was infatuated with physics, particularly nuclear physics, Einstein, and the Big Bang. I read a lot about black holes. And partly because I'm so lazy I thought you could do all this just by looking at the sky and thinking up universes. It didn't seem like hard work when I was a kid, so I enrolled in this class.

We're bankrupting our country and we have an empire that we're trying to defend which costs us $1 trillion a year. And the standard of living is going down today. It's going down and the middle class is hurting because of the monetary policy. When you destroy a currency, the middle class gets wiped out.

Freedom is merely privilege extended, unless enjoyed by one and all.

I was a child of privilege and I woke up to a world on fire.

I don't think we should be deprived of the privilege of free speech.

Redeeming subjects from cliche is its own pleasure and privilege.

It's a privilege to go and have fun and do what you're passionate about for a living.

Privilege, in any society, is the reward of duties performed.

Privilege and complacency paralyze me with fear sometimes.

I never expected to be Defence Secretary. It's a great privilege.

I would like to make it so that education was a right, and not a privilege.

Privilege (to the privileged) means having private laws.

Scratch a pessimist and you find often a defender of privilege.

I think work is a privilege. ... It keeps you alive, spiritually.

One of the best sayings in tennis and sport is that pressure is a privilege.

To even be a working entertainer in Hollywood is such a rare privilege.

The highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is bearing arms.

I don't think we should be deprived of the privilege of free speech

I love London, and it's a privilege for my children to grow up here.

I've made money by just trying to do world-class science. That's the goal that we're setting at Celera. If we do world-class science and create new medicine paradigms, the money will more than follow at a corporate level and at a personal level.

Governments, if they endure, always tend increasingly toward aristocratic forms. No government in history has been known to evade this pattern. And as the aristocracy develops, government tends more and more to act exclusively in the interests of the ruling class -- whether that class be hereditary royalty, oligarchs of financial empires, or entrenched bureaucracy.

President [Barack] Obama's staking his reelection hopes on rebuilding America's middle class. He wants higher taxes on the wealthy, tougher rules on Wall Street, and everyone else to get a fair shot to succeed. Republicans can cry "class warfare" if they want, but as the president put it today, it's about this country's welfare.

The luxury to disparage freedom is the privilege of those who already possess it.

When I competed, it was for honor and country. It was a privilege to be a part of the U.S. team.

A good deed is not just a duty, but above all, a privilege.

When I competed, it was for honor and country. It was a privilege to be a part of the U.S. team.

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose.

I'm lucky to have the privilege of being able to choose what I want to do.

Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth.

Survival is both an exalted privilege and a painful burden.

Health care is not a commodity or privilege, but a human right.

I came to the U.K. at the age of 19 and I didn't know anything about the working-class tradition, the Labour Party and the unions. I learned it. And in doing so, I came to appreciate that, if you're going to intervene politically, you'd better bloody well know something about the class on whose side you want to align yourself.

I was always the class clown and got kicked out of class at least once a day for just being a goofball. Not suspended or anything, just sit outside and look at the tree on the bench. I got benched a lot. You keep one foot on the bench and try to get as far away as possible.

Equal opportunity is good, but special privilege is better.

The most unpardonable privilege that men enjoy is their magnanimity.

It's been a great honour and privilege to serve Canadians.