#precedence

A healthy and fully functioning society must allocate its resources among a variety of competing interests, all of which are more or less valid but none of which should take precedence over national security. ↗

— Herman Kahn

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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

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

— Lexa Doig

#loved #loved ones #ones #over #precedence

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

— Nathaniel Parker Willis

#fair #her #lily #precedence #rose

Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live. ↗

— John Milton

#forget #her #how #live #nations

Reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled. ↗

— Richard P. Feynman

#fooled #must #nature #over #precedence

We've lost touch and allowed technology to take precedence over organic nature. But let's not forget that those microchips in our computers came from elements of the earth. ↗

— Emilio Estevez

#came #computers #earth #elements #forget

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

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