The individual or the group which organizes any society, however social its intentions or pretensions, arrogates an inordinate portion of social privilege to itself.

Experience has instructed us that no skill in the science of government has yet been able to discriminate and define, with sufficient certainty, its three great provinces the legislative, executive, and judiciary; or even the privileges and powers of the different legislative branches.

To watch a master work at anything is a privilege.

Privilege tends to soften the brain, or so I’ve observed.

I obviously respect the opportunity I have got to play for the country.

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

Equality before the law is probably forever unattainable. It is a noble ideal, but it can never be realized, for what men value in this world is not rights but privileges.

No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

God has given us the privilege of all coming into the unity of the faith. All may see eye to eye if they will subordinate self.

It is not earthly rank, nor birth, nor nationality, nor religious privilege, which proves that we are members of the family of God; it is love, a love that embraces all humanity.

Freedom is not a privilege bestowed upon us by government, but a natural right inherent in humanity.

I am not a man of many words, but I can honestly say that playing football is all I have ever wanted to do and to have had such a long and successful career at Manchester United has been a real honour. This was not a decision that I have taken lightly but I feel now is the right time for me to stop playing. To have been part of the team that helped the Club reach that 19th title is a great privilege.

The leader sees leadership as responsibility rather than as rank and privilege.

The highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is bearing arms.

The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are

The rich ate and drank freely, accepting gout and apoplexy as things that ran mysteriously in respectable families.