Prerogative Quotes

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When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative. — Francis Bacon
Even if one is interested only in one's own society, which is one's prerogative, one can understand that society much better by comparing it with… — Peter L. Berger
Music is a prerogative of those who are willing to spend time to study it, understand and love it, well aware of the fact that… — Andrea Bocelli
Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future. — Coco Chanel
The Society is based on that great bottom law of human right, that nothing but crime can forfeit liberty. That no condition of birth, no… — Theodore Dwight Weld
It [Adam's act] cast off the authority of God, usurped his prerogative, and gave the mind up to the dominion of natural desire — John L. Dagg
Love ever gives-forgives-outlives and ever stands with open hands. And while it lives, it gives. For this is love's prerogative - to give and give… — William Arthur Dunkerley
Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative. — Louis Dudek
If two people want to get married, it's their prerogative - we hope. Everybody should be able to do what they want to do and… — Mariah Carey
The people's liberties strengthen the king's prerogative, and the king's prerogative is to defend the people's liberties. — Charles I of England
First of all, in principle, I'm against physician-assisted suicide, and secondly, I believe it is the prerogative of the federal government to control drug rules.… — George W. Bush
My God loves everybody, and if yours doesn't, that's your prerogative, but don't tell me how to live my life and don't tell my best… — Sophia Bush
You know, in this business, you don't have any control over what the press says and how they portray things. And that's their prerogative. But… — Dick Cheney
The privilege of creating and issuing money is not only the supreme prerogative of government, but it is the government's greatest creative opportunity. — Abraham Lincoln
The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of these United States are covenants we have made not only with ourselves, but with all mankind. Our… — Ronald Reagan
We returned home, after these experiments, with the conviction that sailing flight was not the exclusive prerogative of birds. — Otto Lilienthal
I believe that in the history of art and of thought there has always been at every living moment of culture a will to renewal.… — Eugene Ionesco
Your life changes. Everything has to be done perfectly, and I didn't follow that. I lived my life as if I wasn't in the public… — Shannen Doherty
One might compare the relation of the ego to the id with that between a rider and his horse. The horse provides the locomotor energy,… — Sigmund Freud
Power without responsibility - the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages. — Stanley Baldwin

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