#privilege

Admittedly great though these reasons be, they are not the principal grounds, that is, those which may rightfully claim for themselves the privilege of the highest admiration. ↗

— Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

#admittedly #claim #great #grounds #highest

Shareholder activism is not a privilege - it is a right and a responsibility. When we invest in a company, we own part of that company and we are partly responsible for how that company progresses. If we believe there is something going wrong with the company, then we, as shareholders, must become active and vocal. ↗

— Mark Mobius

#activism #become #believe #company #going

People in positions of power and privilege have a duty to perform at a higher level. If not them, then who? ↗

— Kathleen Parker

#higher #higher level #level #people #perform

I wanted to look at the upper-middle-class scene since the war, and in particular my generation's part in it. We had spent our early years as privileged members of a privileged class. How were we faring in the Age of the Common Man? How ought we to be faring? ↗

— Simon Raven

#class #common #common man #early #faring

We have the incredible privilege of serving in the highest offices in the state. We must prove ourselves worthy of our fellow citizens' faith. We must be trusted to always place the public's good above our own and to always choose fairness over favoritism. ↗

— Jodi Rell

#always #choose #citizens #fairness #faith

I've declined every congressional benefit I could decline, federal health insurance, the retirement program, the 403(b) program, which I think is overly generous. I've got self-imposed term limits of six terms if I have the privilege to serve that long. ↗

— Scott Rigell

#congressional #could #decline #declined #every

I happened to have the privilege of serving in Congress. It will be 16 years at the end of this term. And I think I made a difference here on important issues. ↗

— Dennis Kucinich

#difference #end #happened #here #i

The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege. ↗

— Charles Kuralt

#admiration #friends #important #love #more

It's best to leap into something you know you love. You might change your mind later, but that is the privilege of youth. ↗

— Charles Kuralt

#change #into #know #later #leap

Basically I am a private individual who has concerns about his country and who has resources that give me the privilege - and responsibility - to do something to help my country if I can. ↗

— Richard Scaife

#am #basically #concerns #country #give