#subordinate

There are no conditions in which we subordinate the interests of the class as a whole to the interests of any sect, any chapel, any separate organization. ↗

— Ernest Mandel

#chapel #class #conditions #interests #organization

All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of fact subordinate to him, and that is why he will always have it in his power to destroy them. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#destroy #fact #him #his #however

Play is a uniquely adaptive act, not subordinate to some other adaptive act, but with a special function of its own in human experience. ↗

— Johan Huizinga

#adaptive #experience #function #human #human experience

From the material point of view the proposal is unacceptable, for France, without further territory in Europe being taken from her, could be so crushed as to lose her position as a Great Power, and become subordinate to German policy. ↗

— Edward Grey

#being #could #crushed #europe #france

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates. ↗

— Don Marquis

#always #cardinal #insist #punctuality #subordinates

For the first half of this century, High Court judges have been cautious to the point of timidity in expressing any criticism of governmental action; the independence of the judiciary has been of a decidedly subordinate character. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

#any #been #cautious #century #character

This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in the democratic system itself, and it can only be controlled, if at all, by finding ways to encourage legislators to subordinate ambition to principle. ↗

— James L. Buckley

#ambition #controlled #corruption #democratic #democratic system

I try to bring elements of my own personality to every character I've played, but I think I'm pretty similar to the character I'm playing now. The biggest departure would have to have been Freaks and Geeks Sara, who was this sort of subordinate and shy girl. ↗

— Lizzy Caplan

#biggest #bring #character #departure #elements

Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best, only a very segregated and subordinate role for blacks. ↗

— Samuel P. Huntington

#america #best #blacks #country #course

The mother must socialize her daughter to become subordinate to men, and if her daughter challenges patriarchal norms, the mother is likely to defend the patriarchal structures against her own daughters. ↗

— Carol P. Christ

#become #challenges #daughter #daughters #defend