#precedence

In a world of increasing inequality, the legitimacy of institutions that give precedence to the property rights of "the Haves" over the human rights of "the Have Nots" is inevitably called into serious question. ↗

— David Korten

#give #human #human rights #increasing #inequality

There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison. ↗

— William Glasser

#job #only #over #places #precedence

Tiger is the greatest thing that's happened to the tour in a long time. He has brought incredible attention to golf at a time of year when football and the World Series always take precedence. Everything I've heard about him seems to be true. ↗

— Payne Stewart

#always #attention #be true #brought #everything

For scholarship - if it is to be scholarship - requires, in addition to liberty, that the truth take precedence over all sectarian interests, including self-interest. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#including #interests #liberty #over #precedence

It has been surprising to me that so few conservatives have voiced concern over the precedence that are being set in favor of suppression by this so-called conservative administration. ↗

— James Bovard

#been #being #concern #conservative #conservatives

My relationships with my loved ones always take precedence over work. ↗

— Lexa Doig

#loved #loved ones #ones #over #precedence

Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#good #goodness #great #history #over

For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#being #ever #having #home #me

The lily and the rose in her fair face striving for precedence. ↗

— Nathaniel Parker Willis

#fair #her #lily #precedence #rose

To walk behind others on a road you are traveling together, to give precedence to others without envy - this is painful for an individual and painful for a nation. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#envy #give #individual #nation #others