Usurping Quotes

14 quotes by 14 authors

One single object . . . [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation. — Thomas Jefferson
Those who think they can revive the stinking corpse of the usurping and fake Israeli regime by throwing a birthday party are seriously mistaken. Today… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
To check centralization and usurping of power ... we require a new laissez-faire. The old laissez-faire was founded upon a misapprehension of human nature, an… — Russell Kirk
No longer must government be allowed to ride roughshod, absorbing the people's wealth, usurping their rights, and crushing their spirit. — Ronald Reagan
Our scientific world is our world of reasoning. It has its greatness and uses and attractions. We are ready to pay homage due to it.… — Rabindranath Tagore
Oh, what a valiant faculty is hope, that in a mortal subject, and in a moment, makes nothing of usurping infinity, immensity, eternity, and of… — Michel de Montaigne
Free verse seemed democratic because it offered freedom of access to writers. And those who disdained free verse would always be open to accusations of… — James Fenton
The Supreme Court and courts in general have been usurping the role of the legislative branch of government. — Todd Akin
During the summer of 2009, conservative activists turned up the heat on Democratic politicians to protest the innovation-destroying, liberty-usurping Obamacare mandate. In the summer of… — Michelle Malkin
Our nation is too different, too diverse to say that what works in Massachusetts is somehow going to be grabbed by the federal government, usurping… — Mitt Romney
I have always disliked the morning, it is too responsible a time, with the daylight demanding that it be 'faced' and (usually when I wake… — Janet Frame
In attempting to construct such (artificially intelligent) machines we should not be irreverently usurping His (God's) power of creating souls, any more than we are… — Alan Turing
In the fallen there is danger of pride and vainglory, since they prefer their own judgment to the judgment of everyone else, usurping what is… — Saint Ignatius
No head knows where its rest is Or may lie down with reason When war's usurping claws Shall take heart escheat.... — Allen Tate

Who Wrote These Usurping Quotes

14 authors contributed a total of 14 Usurping Quotes as follows: