#privilege

Everywhere among the English-speaking race criminal justice was rude, and punishments were barbarous; but the tendency was to do away with special privileges and legal exemptions. ↗

— Albert Bushnell Hart

#away #barbarous #criminal #criminal justice #english-speaking

Only very slowly and late have men come to realize that unless freedom is universal it is only extended privilege. ↗

— John Edward Christopher Hill

#extended #freedom #late #men #only

It was both Abraham's and the Jews' privilege also that they should have this promise to all generations. ↗

— Thomas Goodwin

#also #both #generations #jews #privilege

The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only. ↗

— Thomas Hobbes

#creature #living #living creature #man #only

The true privilege of being Mayor is that I have the opportunity to be everyone's neighbor. ↗

— Thomas Menino

#everyone #i #mayor #neighbor #opportunity

Naming oppressive realities, in and of itself, has not brought about the kinds of changes for oppressed groups that it can for more privileged groups, who command a different quality of attention. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#change

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. ↗

— Jeffrey Dean Morgan

#even #ever #gotten #huge #i

I have the impression that our children are much more excited about going to school than children in other countries are. They think of it as a special privilege. Going to school, being with other children, getting books and pencils - all of that is like a dream for them. ↗

— Cheryl Benard

#education #privilege #courage

History shows that it does not matter who is in power or what revolutionary forces take over the government, those who have not learned to do for themselves and have to depend solely on others never obtain any more rights or privileges in the end than they had in the beginning. ↗

— Carter G. Woodson

#history #power #privilege #education

Equality before the law is probably forever unattainable. It is a noble ideal, but it can never be realized, for what men value in this world is not rights but privileges. ↗

— H.L. Mencken

#privilege #rights #equality