They are the dirty secrets under the squeaky-clean surface, the seductive sadomasochistic dream behind absolute power. |
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Old traditions are still very much alive in Swaziland, where the monarchy maintains absolute power. |
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The real flaw in his policy was its confusion of relative power with absolute power. |
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Thus, a monarch with absolute power must take coercive control over an otherwise savage society either by mutual consent or by force. |
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It failed due to absolute power by one man, its own aggressive nature, and lack of organization. |
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They would accept a coalition as a step toward absolute power but had no intention whatsoever of sharing power in a liberal democratic state. |
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Lord Acton's dictum that absolute power corrupts absolutely holds good today. |
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Their power is absolute, and, as the old saw has it, absolute power corrupts absolutely. |
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With this truancy law at their disposal, teens and pre-teens are on the verge of absolute power. |
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Such absolute power can easily corrupt, and it is no wonder that the feudal system in Pakistan is humanly degrading. |
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We are prepared to have one person, one vote elections and to give up our absolute power. |
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This combination of disinterest and absolute power slowly cripples the actual goal of having an easily accessible and open network available. |
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Don't forget to keep a sharp eye on the dangers and side-effects of your absolute power! |
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The rather conservative, pro-Chinese faction is seeking to retain absolute power by all means. |
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It was once said that power is delightful and absolute power absolutely delightful. |
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However, this example should make us aware that it is not always a question of absolute power or authority. |
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They say that it takes absolute power, but often, as some here know, power can make people crazy, and the Conservatives are verging on it. |
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The history of mankind often reminds us that large and sophisticated arsenals of weapons do not guarantee absolute power or invincibility. |
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Moreover, he understood that the airtight quality of the regime gave the Prime Minister, especially on major issues, an almost absolute power. |
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We have observed that several industries give themselves absolute power of decision on the soundness of disseminating results. |
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The only Being of absolute power and justice is your Father, and He has ordered that each spirit advance toward perfection. |
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One parent wants the absolute power of decision over the children in order to exclude the other parent forever. |
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The order that was adopted cites the absolute power to require the government to produce uncensored documents. |
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If absolute power corrupts absolutely, we might now understand that bigness works in a similar way. |
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The absolute power of a smile is often underestimated and usually downplayed or misunderstood. |
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They may once have led in a demagogic fashion, but they turned into tyrants when the absolute corruption of absolute power took hold. |
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One has to ask what gives capital the right to this status of absolute power, why has capital emerged with this new legal and cultural status, a status close to being a permanent exception. |
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As they say, absolute power corrupts absolutely. |
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Even the US Federal Reserve System does not have such absolute power. |
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Nevertheless, the pope has absolute power in the executive, legislative and judicial branches over Vatican City. |
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Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. |
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What's the line about absolute power corrupting absolutely? |
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But, power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. |
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Under these provisions, the federal Attorney General has virtually absolute power to prohibit disclosure of information in connection with a proceeding. |
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I have explained that the Being whom you refer to as the Father refers to the absolute power of God, the Universal Creator, the only Being who has always existed. |
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The FFS came out against the absolute power of the authorities right after independence while the RCD fought for acceptance of linguistic diversity and the Kabyle identity. |
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It is because power is based on lies, and even the most absolute power is threatened when lies are revealed, and when the truth looms larger in people's minds and hearts than the fear that has been engendered by lies. |
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Numeric dBm in absolute power mode and dB in relative power mode. |
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Historically rooted in liberal thinking in response to the king's ambition to absolute power, the term rule of law has since been used in a variety of ways, legal systems, economic and political contexts. |
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In my view, two factors permitted this tone to survive: the absolute power exercised by the Commissioner and the absence of meaningful oversight of his management style. |
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Children were separated from their families and a superintendent was placed in each reservation, who had almost absolute power inside the communities. |
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When a person is given absolute power to do what he pleases without being required to report, explain or justify his actions you extinguish his fear and thus remove one of the great buttresses of morality. |
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In Ancient Egypt, the Pharaoh wielded absolute power over the country and was considered a living god by his people. |
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Throughout Chinese history, many emperors and one empress wielded absolute power through the Mandate of Heaven. |
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This rebellion was driven by the great feudal lords and sovereign courts as a reaction to the rise of royal absolute power in France. |
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The doctrine of Legalism that guided the Qin emphasized strict adherence to a legal code and the absolute power of the emperor. |
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For them, the act of zombification is a matter of capturing the ti bon anj and thus exerting an absolute power over the individual. |
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Like a king puffed up with absolute power, he bombastically challenges those who would question his authority. |
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Furthermore, the Commons has absolute power when it comes to money bills. |
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A general election in December 2007 restored a civilian government, but in May 2014 another military coup returned the absolute power to the army. |
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The City magistrates were of the generation that had fought in the Civil War, and could remember how Charles I's grab for absolute power had led to that national trauma. |
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God indeed can by his absolute power over his Creature, make him act this thing, or take that thing, by ineluctable Necessity, and whether he will or no. |
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In addition, the use of pronoun na on the word wama jacalna al-qiblah shows that Allah SWT has absolute power in determining the direction of the Kiblah. |
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Absolute power is a seductively powerful corrupter of even the noblest civil servants. |
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