Thought is subversive and revolutionary destructive and terrible Thought is merciless to privilege established institutions and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free.
Motherhood is a great honor and privilege yet it is also synonymous with servanthood. Every day women are called upon to selflessly meet the needs of their families. Whether they are awake at night nursing a baby spending their time and money on less-than-grateful teenagers or preparing meals moms continuously put others before themselves.
Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.
A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men elected by no one and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.
No government fights fascism to destroy it. When the bourgeoisie sees that power is slipping out of its hands it brings up fascism to hold onto their privileges.
The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes.
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.
Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.
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.
Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living.