Note the difference between a right and a privilege. A right, in the abstract, is a fact; it is not a thing to be given, established, or conferred; it is. Of the exercise of a right power may deprive me; of the right itself, never. Privilege, in the abstract, does not exist; there is no such thing. Rights recognized, privilege is destroyed.
But, in the practical, the moment you admit a supreme authority, you have denied rights. Practically the supremacy has all the rights, and no matter what the human race possesses, it does so merely at the caprice of that authority.
Voltairine de Cleyre was an american anarchist and feminist writer.
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Thanks, for this fine distinction. Since you enjoy articulate quotes, I thought you might appreciate my aphorism: https://steemit.com/proverb/@yahialababidi/original-thought-a-day-from-forthcoming-book-20171117t135351460z
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