Privilege Quotes

You are not responsible for the past, but insofar as you do nothing, you are complicit in the present created by it.

Learn to appreciate the beautiful gift of life because being alive is a privilege not an entitlement.

Political correctness’ is a label the privileged often use to distract from their privilege and hate.

People often call fighting discrimination being 'PC' because they don't want their own unearned privileges challenged.

After all, people seemed quite easy about having their rights and liberties taken away by those they looked up to, but somehow a space on the perch was a slap in the face, and treated as such.

I get it, you know. I'm operating on privilege too. It may be a number of notches down from yours but it's every bit as unearned. I think the trick is to never forget it.

I can only see life as this most miserable accident that I have been forced to endure simply because I refuse to see it as the most astounding plan that I have been privileged to engage.

Until I realize that it’s all I gift, I can hold all of it and yet receive none of it.

If my mother will not go to heaven, I renounce the privilege

You have the privilege of presenting a picture of what heaven will be like to those around you.

Death reminds us that life is a temporary privilege, not an endless right.

It's mind-boggling how many different worlds people live in on this one planet.

If love is the greatest gift of all-and I believe it is- then the greatest privilege of all is to be able to love someone.

They made you an Amendment and convinced you it meant 'American.

Service to others in their time of need is a privilege and an honor.

The world does not need white people to civilize others. The real White People's Burden is to civilize ourselves.

Political correctness' as 'over-sensitivity' is code for saying the privileged shouldn't have their unearned privileges questioned.

Tolerance of intolerance enables oppression.

You're not under attack when others gain rights and privileges you've always had.

Whites saying 'make America white again' is like millionaires saying 'make the wealthy rich again.

Other unsolved murders or untimely deaths were readily blamed on the supposedly sinister Jews: If a Jewish doctor failed to save a life, the whole Jewish community might be attacked and fined.

With privilege comes responsibility, you must understand that. People expect us to lead by example and we shall not disappoint them.

It is a great privilege to travel alone on the right path knowing at heart that one day millions too will travel on that same road!

When You’re Accustomed to Privilege, Equality Feels Like Oppression

All men were born in the same way: no privilege existed that was not of man's own contriving.

The premise is: everybody's like me and we all think alike.The corollary is: people who don't think like me don't matter.

White writers can be blunt about race and get all activist because their anger isn’t threatening

Duty and honor are oft enough realm only for those with security to afford them.

Sheer effort enables those with nothing to surpass those with privilege and position.

We who were born into privilege and opportunity were given these gifts with an expectation: to give them away.

SOME PEOPLE ARE BORN LUCKY...OTHERS ARE LUCKY TO BE BORN...I SAY THE WORLD WAS LUCKY I WAS BORN

Privilege is presuming to speak for others you know nothing about.

One of the privileges of being an athlete is that on days when I have practice and games, I’m present whether I’m present or not. It’s not fair, but that’s the system. What can I do about it?

You’re white. You’re straight. You’re well educated, healthy and beautiful. Every time is for people like you.

Privilege" is something else."Privilege" is a judgment."Privilege" is an opinion."Privilege" is an accusation.

To know God's laws and abide by them is a privilege.

I think, as I've gotten older I have realized what a huge privilege it is to even be in this business. I, more than ever, love what I do.

I will always treasure the privilege of writing the 'Sports of The Times' column.

Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.