Bernardine Dohrn Quotes

I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth.

I wanted to raise the voice of a lot of the people that I knew growing up, and this was, for the most part, poor people who had extraordinary dreams but also very amazing obstacles.

I never came into life with any favours or privileges.

The rich don’t want the poor to get ahead of them.

I had little or no opportunity when I started out in life.

I wasn't a silver-spoon kid on the golf course growing up.

When you come from an under-privileged background, oftentimes, you feel a little overwhelmed by your education or your lack of.

I never thought of being disadvantaged.

Traditionally the great men of our country have sprung from poor environments; that being so, it would appear we have long suffered from a severe lack of poverty.

Growing up in a particular neighborhood, growing up in a working-class family, not having much money, all of those things fire you and can give you an edge, can give you an anger.

My kids never had the advantage I had: I was born poor.

They do not easily rise whose abilities are repressed by poverty at home.

You don't have to be impoverished to understand poverty.

I grew up in a working-class neighborhood, so there was always a sense of struggle, but we had hope.

Too much is made for us; too much is given to us - even those of us who are underprivileged. The poverty is given to us. The difficulties are given to us.

Everybody is not born with a silver spoon in their mouth. There are only a very small percentage of those types of people, you know what I mean?

I wasn't exactly born with a silver spoon in my mouth.

I'm not exceptional. I didn't grow up with privilege.

If you don't have money or you come from a background that doesn't have money, it's harder to achieve your ambition in life. It's not that you can't, but it becomes harder. Inequality is one of the worst things that can exist in our society, so I am interested in those kind of things.

I've been very lucky - I don't come from a privileged upbringing.

I was brought up on a council estate. I know what it's like to be poor.

But I think most importantly, we need to realize that not everyone is privileged or born into a good life, stable homes or a home, period.

My people are poor and I am one of them.

I think there's a certain sense of grounding that comes from not being a rich kid from a media-elite school.

I was not born into a rich family or a family of government officials.