Prerogative Quotes

83 quotes by 77 authors

I'm a politician, and as a politician I have the prerogative to lie whenever I want. — Charlie Peacock
It is not for us to imagine that we can prove the truth of Christianity by our own arguments; nobody can prove the truth of… — J I Packer
According to the Bible, God created the heavens and the Earth. It is manâ€™s prerogative - and womanâ€™s - to create their own particular and… — Rod Serling
I believe firmly that in making ethical decisions, man has the prerogative of true freedom of choice. — Corliss Lamont
No matter how unreasonable others may seem, I am responsible for not reacting negatively. Regardless of what is happening around me I will always have… — Bill W.
To preserve an unclouded capacity for the enjoyment of life is an unusual moral and psychological achievement. Contrary to popular belief, it is not the… — Nathaniel Branden
By a peculiar prerogative, not only each individual is making daily advances in the sciences, and may make advances in morality (which is the science,… — Blaise Pascal
The old middle-class prerogative of being permanently in a most filthy temper. — John Mortimer
If somebody don't like something that I do, that's his or her prerogative. Just like it's mine. — Ray Charles
On being: Arrogance is not the prerogative of the gifted. — Andy Hargreaves
Freedom is not the sole prerogative of a chosen few, but the universal right of all God's children. — Ronald Reagan
Freedom which in no other land will thrive, Freedom an English subject's sole prerogative. — John Dryden
Remember, your prerogative is to govern, and not to serve the things of this world. — Thomas a Kempis
Anger is a noble infirmity; the generous failing of the just; the one degree that riseth above zeal, asserting the prerogative of virtue. — Martin Farquhar Tupper
The first prerogative of an artist in any medium is to make a fool of himself. — Pauline Kael
That this privilege of giving or of withholding our monies is an important barrier against the undue exertion of prerogative, which if left altogether without… — Thomas Jefferson
The papers conducted by Lord Rothermere and Lord Beaverbrook are not newspapers in the ordinary acceptance of the term. They are engines of propaganda for… — Stanley Baldwin
It is dangerous to take human freedom for granted, to regard it as a prerogative rather than as an obligation, as an ultimate fact rather… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
A critic has no right to the narrowness which is the frequent prerogative of the creative artist. — E. M. Forster
What men call luck Is the prerogative of valiant souls, The fealty life pays its rightful kings. — James Russell Lowell

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