#prerogative

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 reason. ↗

— William Godwin

#consists #distinguished #earth #eminently #gift

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#friends #great #his #laughs #loses

Free imagination is the inestimable prerogative of youth and it must be cherished and guarded as a treasure. ↗

— Felix Bloch

#free #guarded #imagination #inestimable #must

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#been #children #clothes #emperor #half-wits

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 constitution and for the rights and prerogatives of the crown, without which our constitution can not be preserved, will be against this motion. ↗

— Robert Walpole

#any #constitution #crown #due #hope

The forefathers, including James Madison, felt very strongly that the duties that we owe to God were outside of government's prerogative, that government had no business interfering with the way we worship God. ↗

— Roy Moore

#duties #felt #forefathers #god #government

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 guilty, behead him or send him here to black the Emperor's boots. ↗

— Joshua A. Norton

#authority #behead #black #boots #commanded

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives. ↗

— Charles Lamb

#monarchical #prerogatives #sick

The first prerogative of an artist in any medium is to make a fool of himself. ↗

— Pauline Kael

#artist #first #fool #himself #make

Even if one is interested only in one's own society, which is one's prerogative, one can understand that society much better by comparing it with others. ↗

— Peter L. Berger

#comparing #even #interested #much #only