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• With rank goeth privileges- so it ever shall be. But also with it go responsibility and obligations, always more onerous than the privileges are pleasant.
  -- Robert A. Heinlei...
• A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. -- Dwight D. Eisenhowe
• Being a blood donor helps, believe me. For example, Duelling in Paraguay is quite legal, provided that both parties are registered blood donors.
  As the ad for American Express says, membership has its privileges....
• The leader who can enlist cooperation and respect, without having to pull rank, has power of the most positive kind.
• Plumber: Well, to be honest, I never got around to ordering that part for you, so, uh, it's still going to be a couple of weeks.
  Homer: [sly] Oh, really? Plumber: Yes... Home...
• He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt.
  He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice....
• Every Titanic has its iceberg.
• Every purchase has its price.