#privilege

We will not support returning Fannie and Freddie to the role they played before conservatorship, where they fought to take market share from private competitors while enjoying the privilege of government support. ↗

— Timothy Geithner

#competitors #enjoying #fannie #fought #freddie

There are, for example, exemptions in FOIA in which the government can withhold certain kinds of information, and the courts have recognized that there is certain documentation that do deserve protection, that certain privileges do apply and do deserve protection. ↗

— Alberto Gonzales

#certain #certain kinds #courts #deserve #documentation

Human rights are not a privilege granted by the few, they are a liberty entitled to all, and human rights, by definition, include the rights of all humans, those in the dawn of life, the dusk of life, or the shadows of life. ↗

— Kay Granger

#definition #dusk #entitled #few #granted

I feel very privileged that I get to spend my life telling stories that mean something to people. ↗

— Mary Stuart Masterson

#get #i #i feel #life #mean

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 sometimes think that Thomas Cook should be numbered among the secular saints. He took travel from the privileged and gave it to the people. ↗

— Robert Runcie

#cook #gave #i #numbered #people

I just did a play in New York which has been my best experience that I've had for maybe ever. It was Paul Weitz's play called Privilege and I was in New York for three months. ↗

— Bob Saget

#best #called #did #ever #experience

No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. ↗

— Noah Webster

#basis #christian #christian religion #evident #free

I know it's a rare privilege, but if one can really tackle something in adult life that means that much to you, then it's more rewarding than anything I can imagine. ↗

— Andrew Wiles

#adult life #anything #i #i can #imagine