#vile

When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#last #liberty #men #privilege #quits

Nobody's told me anything to date that I've been completely reviled by. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#been #completely #date #i #me

I spend so much time with the brightest and most talented and well-rounded people. I've had the privilege of having long and very intellectual conversations with people, and sometimes I just sit there and listen. It's like a better version of a class. Even though I'm not sitting at a desk and in school, I'm still learning all the time. ↗

— Hayden Panettiere

#brightest #class #conversations #desk #even

The frustrating part of it is that you're generally known for what you did last. I've had the privilege of doing some very cool independent films that, a lot of the time, the general public doesn't see unless you're at a film festival or you're into that kind of movie. ↗

— Hayden Panettiere

#did #doing #festival #film #film festival

Make health care a right, not a privilege. ↗

— Ed Pastor

#health #health care #make #privilege #right

I try to get that across in the work, to try to, if I'm lucky, to make this world a little bit better for all of us before I check out. And that's if I'm lucky, I don't always get to have that privilege but I try always. ↗

— Mandy Patinkin

#always #before #better #bit #check

I had the privilege of practicing medicine in the early '60s, before we had any government. It worked rather well, and there was nobody on the street suffering with no medical care. ↗

— Ron Paul

#before #care #early #government #had

For 25 years, it has been my privilege to represent the city of San Francisco and the great state of California; to work to strengthen our vibrant middle class; to secure opportunity and equality. ↗

— Nancy Pelosi

#california #city #class #equality #francisco

And everything stopped quite rapidly because I knew that nobody in Europe was able to go to space. It was the privilege of being either American or Russian. ↗

— Philippe Perrin

#american #because #being #either #europe

The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state. ↗

— Plato

#allowed #either #good #home #lie