#possesses

In order to the existence of such a ministry in the Church, there is requisite an authority received from God, and consequently power and knowledge imparted from God for the exercise of such ministry; and where a man possesses these, although the bis. ↗

— John Wycliffe

#authority #church #consequently #exercise #existence

It is a cliche these days to observe that the United States now possesses a global empire - different from Britain's and Rome's but an empire nonetheless. ↗

— Robert D. Kaplan

#cliche #days #different #empire #global

On the other hand, the American public possesses a great resilience and strength, and good risk communication strategies can tap into and even amplify those assets. ↗

— Patrick J. Kennedy

#american public #amplify #assets #communication #even

Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time bomb. An innocent's life is at stake. The bad guy you have captured possesses information that could save this life. He refuses to divulge. In such a case, the choice is easy. ↗

— Charles Krauthammer

#bad guy #bomb #captured #case #choice

Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty. ↗

— Sophocles

#alone #empty #men #mind #others

Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life. ↗

— Walter Scott

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Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order. ↗

— Hans Kung

#cultural #economic #global #humanity #introduce

The essence of our effort to see that every child has a chance must be to assure each an equal opportunity, not to become equal, but to become different-to realize whatever unique potential of body, mind and spirit he or she possesses. ↗

— John Fischer

#become #body #chance #child #each

According to Inuit culture in Greenland, a person possesses six or seven souls. The souls take the form of tiny people scattered throughout the body. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#body #culture #form #greenland #people

Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it. ↗

— Simone Weil

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