Showing posts with label privilege. Show all posts
Showing posts with label privilege. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

"There is nothing in the world so difficult as that task of making up one's mind. Who is there that has not longed that the power and privilege of selection among alternatives should be taken away from him in some important crisis of his life, and that his conduct should be arranged for him, either this way or that, by some divine power if it were possible, - by some patriarchal power in the absence of divinity, - or by chance, even, if nothing better than chance could be found to do it? But no one dares to cast the die, and to go honestly by the hazard. There must be the actual necessity of obeying the die, before even the die can be of any use."
- Anthony Trollope, Phineas Finn

Friday, March 20, 2015

Do you think some people/families have far more talents than others and therefore deserve to rule or have a position of privilege?