#prevail

Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey. ↗

— Denis Diderot

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Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

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I've been thinking about the distorted view of science that prevails in our culture. I've been wondering about this, because our civilization is completely dependent on science and high technology, yet most of us are alienated from science. ↗

— Ann Druyan

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One thus sees that a new kind of theory is needed which drops these basic commitments and at most recovers some essential features of the older theories as abstract forms derived from a deeper reality in which what prevails in unbroken wholeness. ↗

— David Bohm

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I always thought that common sense would prevail. But on a game show, there is no common sense. ↗

— Wayne Brady

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You can't make everybody happy. We just put our head down and went forward. We said, 'This music is bigger than all of us.' That's how we felt. We said, 'You know what? We'll prevail. We'll bet on these songs.' ↗

— Jonathan Cain

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I am disgusted and worn out with the system that seems to prevail. ↗

— John Buford

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The truth does not require a majority to prevail, ladies and gentlemen. The truth is its own power. The truth will out. Never forget that. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

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I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it's so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

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It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honor nature's gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

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