Sentences with phrase «by accident of birth»

And just by the accident of birth, it's so much more difficult for them to achieve their dreams as it is for our children.

Furthermore, angry rhetoric — especially directed these days against human beings who by the accidents of birth happen to be Americans, white and male — never solves any of the problems.

All democrats object to men being disqualified by the accident of birth; tradition objects to their being disqualified by the accident of death.

With a moratorium on new life peers, 46 new directly elected «senators» would represent barely 6 % of the House, merely a quarter of the number appointed in this parliament and exactly half those there by accident of birth.

The Lords used to contain mostly hereditary peers, people who inherited their seats by an accident of birth.

Israel, started with the best of intentions, now - it suffers under an dehumanizing theocratic apartheid system in which over half its people are banned from voting by accident of their birth.

Whether it's Shankill Road or Bradford, many peoples» fate is arguably determined by the accident of birth.

Status should be determined by function rather than by accident of birth or fortune or by success in the struggle for prestige.

Yet, sadly, it seems not to occur to many such persons that had they, by accident of birth, been reared in a different faith culture they might well believe just as passionately in a different «one true faith» that today is totally alien to them.

But surely nobody would seriously suggest that any new democracy in the world had an institution majority - determined by patronage and still minority - determined by accident of birth (or rather an ancestor rewarded centuries ago for sleeping with the king of the day)?

Third Semester: A Point of Privilege Real Clear Education, 3/25/16 «There is now an ample body of research that documents statistically significant gains in learning for affluent students with access to quality learning experiences and, by contrast, shows learning declines in those who, by the accident of birth, have no such access,» writes Professor Paul Reville.

Put simply: Equality of opportunity demands that children should not be penalized — or advantaged — by the accident of their birth.