“Highly unequal societies are morally defective because they get to be that way through the exploitation by the clever and well-positioned ones of the vulnerabilities and weaknesses of others. The well-off then use their acquired political power to refuse to make sacrifices for others. This system brings us a wonderful range of products and experiences for consumers at the top of the privilege scale, but it also degrades and benumbs the workers at the lower end, as Adam Smith and Marx both said.” WayWellsSaidEndsUsePoliticalWonderfulSacrificeProductsWeaknessWorkersPrivilegeRefuseScalesCleverConsumersRangeVulnerabilityAdamExploitationPolitical PowerDegradeSacrifice For OthersDefective Author:Catherine Wilson
“Until the millennium arrives and countries cease trying to enslave others, it will be necessary to accept one's responsibilities and be willing to make sacrifices for one's country - as my comrades did. As the troops used to say, "If the country is good enough to live in, it's good enough to fight for." With privilege goes responsibility.” IfsTryingCountryEnoughUsedFightingResponsibilityAcceptingSacrificeWillingPrivilegeCeaseGood EnoughTroopsComradeMillennium Author:Eugene B. Sledge
“The poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. It is his privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past. The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail.” MenNeedsWritingHeartHas BeensHelpingPastHopeVoiceCompassionRecordsSacrificePoetDutyPrideHonorGloryEndurePrivilegePityLiftingPillarsRemindingProps Author:William Faulkner
“I am prepared to sacrifice every so-called privilege I possess in order to have a few rights.” OrderWomenRightsSacrificePreparedInjusticePrivilegeWomen EmpowermentPreparingEqual RightsPossessing Author:Inez Milholland