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- Nov 07, 2020
Privilege Quotes
Reflections on privilege, freedom, and respect
This collection gathers quotes exploring what privilege means and how it connects to fairness and personal responsibility. Several reflect on Being mindful enough to let others think and choose freely, just as we would want for ourselves.
- Last Updated on Aug 03, 2026
- Icon
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be an icon... I guess that's a privilege.
- Caste
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
The navigation of our inland waters has for years been sought in vain by foreign countries, and if we grant the privilege to Russia, other States will be guided in their demands by her example.
- Honor
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had the honor and privilege of working with John Ritter.
- Depends
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- Nov 07, 2020
However, when the privilege depends solely on the broad, undifferentiated claim of public interest in the confidentiality of such conversations, a confrontation with other values arises.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Atheism is like the highest level of white privilege. It's like having a black belt in white privilege.
- President
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's several different forms of executive privilege. The one that is most absolute would be close advisers talking to the president himself.
- Learned
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was a privilege to meet Rev. Jackson, and I learned a tremendous amount from his insight.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only.
- Promise
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was both Abraham's and the Jews' privilege also that they should have this promise to all generations.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
The word knight, which originally meant boy or servant, was particularly applied to a young man after he was admitted to the privilege of bearing arms.
- Patience
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- Nov 07, 2020