Prerogatives Quotes

22 Prerogatives quotes by 16 unique authors

...Why is compassion not part of our established curriculum, an inherent part of our education? Compassion, awe, wonder, curiosity, exaltation, humility - these are the… — Yehudi Menuhin
When, after having examined in detail the organization of the Supreme Court, one comes to consider in sum the prerogatives that have been given it,… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Christ has not only ordained that there shall be such officers in his Church - he has not only specified their duties and prerogatives -… — Charles Hodge
The privileges of the side-table included the small prerogatives of sitting next to the toast, and taking two cups of tea to other people's one. — Charles Dickens
The thought of the future life with its prerogatives and joys helps to make the trials of the present seem light and transient. — Billy Graham
Rulers who destroy men's freedom commonly begin by trying to retain its forms. ... They cherish the illusion that they can combine the prerogatives of… — Alexis de Tocqueville
To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives. — Charles Lamb
But to be the Vicar of Christ, to claim to exercise his prerogatives on earth, does involve a claim to his attributes, and therefore our… — Charles Hodge
One of the prerogatives by which man is eminently distinguished from all other living beings inhabiting this globe of earth, consists in the gift of… — William Godwin
Political union means transferring the prerogatives of national legislatures to the European parliament, which would then decide how to structure Europe's fiscal, banking, and monetary… — Barry Eichengreen
By privileges, immunities, or prerogatives to give unlimited swing to the passions of individuals, and then to hope that they will restrain them, is about… — Charles Caleb Colton
Andrew Jackson was the first president to claim that the desires of the public overrode Congress's constitutional prerogatives. Virtually every president since Jackson has claimed… — Ron Fournier
My father, John Steinbeck, was a man who held human history in great reverence, and in particular the biographies of those people who had risked… — Thomas Steinbeck
The United States government approaches patient choice in medication as Singapore does free speech: its pronouncements sound reasonable and tolerant until you threaten its prerogatives. — Virginia Postrel
But I must think that an address to his majesty to remove one of his servants, without so much as alleging any particular crime against… — Robert Walpole
And therefore, for the sake of my mater, without any regard for my own, I hope all those that have a due regard for our… — Robert Walpole
No president has looked this impotent this long when it comes to defending presidential powers and prerogatives. — Tony Snow
The Supreme Court of the United States is hereby commanded to try Andrew Johnson for usurpation of our Imperial authority and prerogatives, and if found… — Joshua A. Norton
Let there be an admiration of those divine attributes and prerogatives for whose manifesting he was pleased to construct this vast fabric. — Robert Boyle
To whet our longings for fruitive or experimental knowledge, it is reserved among the prerogatives of being in heaven, to know how happy we shall… — Robert Boyle
Rare qualities may sometimes be prerogatives without being advantages; and though a needless ostentation of ones excellencies may be more glorious, a modest concealment of… — Robert Boyle

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