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«She is said to be inclined to cough noisily when he goes on too long at the rostrum; but this is a traditional prerogative of the political wife, and rather more necessary in this instance than in most.»
Author: George Hill | About: Politics | Keywords: noisily, prerogative, rostrum, traditional
«Your life changes. Everything has to be done perfectly, and I didn't follow that. I lived my life as if I wasn't in the public eye. I thought, 'I'm young. I have the right to experience new things, and if I want to go to a bar and get drunk, that's my prerogative.'»
«The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe - responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages.»
«When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr. (Lawyer, Philosopher) | About: Laughter | Keywords: prerogative
«Reason to rule but mercy to forgive: the first is law; the last, prerogative.»
Author: John Dryden (Critic, Dramatist, Poet) | Keywords: prerogative
«The government is merely a servant -- merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.»
«To proceed from one truth to another, and connect distant propositions by regular consequences, is the great prerogative of man»

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