#prevail

Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half. ↗

— Plato

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If vice and corruption prevail, liberty cannot subsist; but if virtue have the advantage, arbitrary power cannot be established. ↗

— Algernon Sidney

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We will always apply the same principles of collective security, prudent caution, and superior weaponry that enabled us to peacefully prevail in the long cold war against the Soviet Union. ↗

— Theodore C. Sorensen

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But ultimately what I was impressed by during my years in government was how much the intellectual climate and the prevailing intellectual notions constrained and represented the universe within which the discourse took place. ↗

— Lawrence Summers

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No one in this body wants to see terrorism and the rule of force prevail in Iraq. Some on the other side say otherwise, but I believe they know better. ↗

— Raul Grijalva

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I'm one of those firm believers that good music will prevail. ↗

— Pras Michel

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In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting. ↗

— Stefan Zweig

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Peace, so elusive in the past many decades, now finally prevails all over the country. ↗

— Hun Sen

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Truth is mighty and will prevail. ↗