#ruling

The essence of oligarchical rule is not father-to-son inheritance, but the persistence of a certain world-view and a certain way of life ... A ruling group is a ruling group so long as it can nominate its successors ... Who wields power is not important, provided that the hierarchical structure remains always the same. ↗

— George Orwell

#oligarchy #ruling-class #life

I don't believe that Jesus would approve abortion except in the case of incest, rape or the mother's life in danger. But I had to enforce the Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade so I tried to do everything I could to minimize the need for abortions. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#approve #believe #case #could #court

When I was president, I announced and I still maintain that I can live with Roe v. Wade. I did everything I possibly could as president under that ruling, which I don't think ought to be changed, to minimize the need for abortions. I think every abortion is a result of a horrible series of errors on the part of people involved. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#announced #changed #could #did #errors

I don't think at my age... you can start ruling people out in politics. ↗

— Kenneth Clarke

#i #out #people #politics #ruling

I'm saying that the moral climate within the ruling class in this country is not that different from the moral climate within the ruling class of Hitler's Germany. ↗

— David Clennon

#climate #country #different #germany #hitler

But in view of the constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no caste here. ↗

— John Marshall Harlan

#citizens #class #constitution #country #dominant

I believe that Britain is becoming more class-conscious, and I quake at the very idea of Old Etonians ruling the world again. ↗

— Johnny Vegas

#becoming #believe #britain #i #i believe

The ruling in the Paula Jones case is so silly. ↗

— Vincent Bugliosi

#jones #paula #ruling #silly

The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies. ↗

— Bela Lugosi

#community #former #ignorance #kept #lies

Religion is the belief in an ever-living God, that is, in a Divine Mind and Will ruling the Universe and holding moral relations with mankind. ↗

— James Martineau

#divine #god #holding #mankind #mind