#supreme

American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society. ↗

— Thomas Babington Macaulay

#authority #because #democracy #failure #hands

Nor do I think that any other nation than this of Wales, nor any other language, whatever may hereafter come to pass, shall on the day of severe examination before the Supreme Judge, answer for this corner of the earth. ↗

— Giraldus Cambrensis

#any #before #come #corner #day

You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best. ↗

— Andrew Carnegie

#able man #before #best #brain #capture

My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#aversion #devotion #friends #given #i

Ultimately Warhol's private moral reference was to the supreme kitsch of the Catholic church. ↗

— Allen Ginsberg

#catholic church #church #kitsch #moral #private

For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#beast #bird #flower #man #most

There have been 111 Justices in the Supreme Court of the United States. Only three have been women. If she is confirmed, Solicitor General Kagan will bring the Supreme Court to an historical high-water mark, with three women concurrently serving as Justices. ↗

— Patrick Leahy

#bring #concurrently #confirmed #court #general

Terrible and sublime thought, that every moment is supreme for some man and woman, every hour the apotheosis of some passion! ↗

— William McFee

#hour #man #moment #passion #some

You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief. ↗

— Marianne Moore

#belief #captive #free #made #supreme

I got the chance to argue my first case in Supreme Court, a criminal case arising in Alabama that involved the right of a defendant to counsel at a critical stage in a capital case before a trial. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#argue #arising #before #capital #case