Predominant Quotes

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In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
All the acquisitions or losses wrought by nature on individuals, through the influence of the environment in which their race has long been placed, and… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Airpower has become predominant, both as a deterrent to war, and-in the eventuality of war-as the devastating force to destroy an enemy's potential and fatally… — Omar N. Bradley
Predominant opinions are generally the opinions of the generation that is vanishing. — Benjamin Disraeli
Anything which is a living and not a dying body... will have to be an incarnate will to power, it will strive to grow, spread,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The predominant quality of successful people is optimism.... Your level of optimism is the very best predictor of how happy, healthy, wealthy, and long-lived you… — Brian Tracy
The predominant thought or the mental attitude is the magnet, and the law is that like attracts like, consequently, the mental attitude will invariably attract… — Charles F. Haanel
It should not be strange that the values cherished by all the three major religions are the same, since they originate from a common source.… — King Hussein I
Of all the animal creations of God, main is the only animal who has been created in order that he may know his Maker. Man's… — Mahatma Gandhi
The apportionment of taxes on the various descriptions of property is an act which seems to require the most exact impartiality; yet there is, perhaps,… — James Madison
I have appealed to our own experience for the truth of what I advance on this subject [that the legislative power is the predominant power].… — James Madison
The problems of society will also be the problems of the predominant language of that society. It is the carrier of its perceptions, its attitudes,… — Njabulo S Ndebele
Mankind is made up of inconsistencies, and no man acts invariably up to his predominant character. The wisest man sometimes acts weakly, and the weakest… — Lord Chesterfield
The world state must begin; it can only begin, as a propaganda cult, or as a group of propagandist cults, to which men and women… — H.G. Wells
The characteristic feature of militarism is not the fact that a nation has a powerful army or navy. It is the paramount role assigned to… — Ludwig von Mises
I believe fuel cells will finally end the 100-year reign of the internal combustion engine. . . Fuel cells could be the predominant automotive power… — Bill Ford
For when it is the good that is under consideration, and the ethical object is predominant, truth must be considered more in reference to art… — Friedrich Schleiermacher
It is not, perhaps, unreasonable to conclude, that a pure and perfect democracy is a thing not attainable by man, constituted as he is of… — Alexander Fraser Tytler
Addressing global resentment cannot be put off. If we do not learn to use our predominant power with great restraint, we will antagonize the world. — Lee H. Hamilton
The predominant yardstick of your government is not human rights but national interests. — Breyten Breytenbach

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