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I just think the most difficult thing to displace is privilege.

Some values must be universal, like human rights and the equal worth of every human being.

The rights of the individual are greatly prized in the developed world, but in many other regions they are considered a luxury reserved for the impossibly wealthy.

We are privileged. There are poor people out there. We must to do something to make them privileged.

People don't want to have to justify their privileges; they don't want to have to justify having access to the power and resource that wealth brings. And by not talking about it, they are able to hold onto their power without being questioned, and I think that makes them feel more secure.

There are people in the world who have the power to change our values.

What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.

The value of the majority lies not in the opportunity to wield great power, but in the chance to use power to do great things.

Poverty can teach lessons that privilege cannot.

A privilege may not be a right, but, under the constitution of the country, I do not gather that any broad distinction is drawn between the rights and the privileges that were enjoyed and that were taken away.