Privilege Quotes

“The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.”

“No greater wrong can be done to any group of people than to let them continue to hold their place in life simply because they happen to be born to it.”

“Because you are a great lord, you think you are a great genius... Nobility, fortune, rank, position... what have you done to deserve so much? You took the trouble to be born, and nothing more.”

“I’ve never had a couch that needed to be cleaned or a kitchen that needed to be cleaned. I’ve never changed a lightbulb.”

“What have you done to deserve so many advantages? You took the trouble of being born, and nothing more.”

“I'm not a legend. I'm just a guy who's been able to work at a job that he loves for a long time. It's a privilege.”

“It is the characteristic of privilege and of every privileged position to kill the mind and heart of men.”

“Choice is a luxury.”

“Doing something that is personally fulfilling is a luxury that not everybody gets.”

“I am a person who has always been protected. I have always been taken care of. I have never had to do anything for myself.”

“To be a musician is a great privilege, but it is also a great responsibility.”

“Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.”

“It's one banana, Michael. What could it cost, ten dollars?”

“The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.”

“When you have a certain amount of privilege, you have a certain amount of responsibility.”

“White people are the only people who think they have the right to be comfortable at all times.”

“White people have a very, very serious problem, and they don't know it.”

“For a filmmaker, it's a great privilege to be a storyteller.”

“My circumstances are so benign, so ridiculously healthy, that to be other than ecstatic is simply a sign of a weak head or a vicious heart.”

“I look at my children and I say, 'To whom much is given, much is expected.'”