#privilege

The peoples owe all political rights and privileges which we enjoy today in greater or lesser measure, not to the good will of their governments, but to their own strength. One need only study the history of the past three hundred years to understand by what relentless struggles every right has had to be wrested inch by inch from the despots. ↗

— Rudolf Rocker

#freedom #government #privileges #rights #struggle

Children are not a right, they are a privileged obligation. ↗

— Laura Schlessinger

#obligation #privileged #right

Even in the face of powerful structures of domination, it remains possible for each of us, especially those of us who are members of oppressed and/or exploited groups as well as those radical visionaries who may have race, class, and sex privilege, to define and determine alternative standards, to decide on the nature and extent of compromise. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#nature

Any real change implies the breakup of the world as one has always known it, the loss of all that gave one an identity, the end of safety. And at such a moment, unable to see and not daring to imagine what the future will now bring forth, one clings to what one knew, or dreamed that one possessed. Yet, it is only when a man is able, without bitterness or self-pity, to surrender a dream he has long possessed that he is set free - he has set himself free - for higher dreams, for greater privileges. ↗

— James Baldwin

#privilege #change

When a freedom is taken away from you, I suppose, you recognize it as a privilege, not a right. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#privilege #freedom

For the last 12 years, I've felt really privileged to be living such a normal life. It's so a part of who I am. ↗

— Kate Bush

#felt #i #i am #last #life

Here's how I've lived my life: I've never been late to a set. I make films I believe in. I feel privileged to be able to do what I love. ↗

— Tom Cruise

#been #believe #feel #films #here

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

— Bill Toomey

#country #honor #i #part #privilege

No government fights fascism to destroy it. When the bourgeoisie sees that power is slipping out of its hands, it brings up fascism to hold onto their privileges. ↗

— Buenaventura Durruti

#brings #destroy #fascism #fights #government

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too. ↗

— Voltaire

#others #privilege #think #too #yourselves