Sentences with phrase «of power over the people»

But you should also note that much of the history you study is about major religions that rose to positions of power over the people.

Do not ever try to place yourself in a position of power over another person.

The story was dull, the side missions looked better than they actually were and at no time did you feel the sense of power over people like you did when watching the original announcement.

Not exact matches

«At a fundamental level, you're gonna strip people of their power, prestige, money, whatever over a vote?

The mainstream press might like to think that it has that kind of influence and power over people, the way it theoretically used to, but that's probably not the case in today's decentralized media environment.

Watch House of Cards (speaking of creeps...) or any old episode of Behind the Music, and the story about power you'll see is simple: a nice, ambitious person, once they can do whatever they want, is quickly transformed into a monster of appetite, running over anyone necessary to satisfy their newly created desires.

Over the years Alfa has come out on top in bitter power struggles even with people closely linked to Vladimir Putin: it defended its telecoms empire against Leonid Reiman, Putin's communications minister, who ultimately left the government after a string of disclosures about his links to an offshore company.

At the Federal Reserve's target rate of 2 percent, inflation could erode more than $ 73,000 of a retiree's purchasing power over 20 years if that person were receiving the monthly average Social Security retirement payment of $ 1,341.

In his book, The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg describes keystone habits as, «small changes or habits that people introduce into their routines that unintentionally carry over into other aspects of their lives.»

'' [They're] addicted to that sense of power, that rush of being able to pull one over on people and get away with it,» Konnikova explained.

While the rich don't necessarily put much stock in furthering wealth through formal education — many of the most successful people have little formal education — they appreciate the power of learning long after college is over, Siebold explains.

Denham said Tuesday that she is using all her legal powers to investigate Facebook and political campaign consultants Cambridge Analytica over the alleged misuse of millions of people's data.

«Facebook has taken a conciliatory tone in terms of coming to terms with its power over advertising and how people interact and engage with each other,» said Debra Williamson, an analyst with research firm eMarketer.

Just look at our current political situation: those worried about Trump have to contend with the fact that the power of the executive branch has been dramatically expanded over the decades; we place immense responsibility and capability in the hands of one person, forgetting that said responsibility and capability is not so easily withdrawn if we don't like the one wielding it.

There is an exception in which you are not a «beneficial owner» of shares over which you have voting power «if such voting power arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given to such Person in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 14 (a) of the Exchange Act by means of a solicitation statement filed on Schedule 14A.»

This is, in the purest of senses, privilege: the ability to avoid the consequences that most anyone else in the same situation would have to endure — and, along with that, the ability to walk all over less powerful people in order to avoid those consequences — due to one's own power and social position.

In any event, even if one explains the fact that the US dollar has crashed in purchasing power in recent times, over a very condensed period of time, by more than 75 %, because it has been one of the strongest currencies in a pool of rapidly devaluing currencies for the past two years, I've discovered that quite often, even presentation of indisputable facts can not sway people to believe something that they simply do not want to believe.

There are hundreds of volunteers all over B.C. who continue to organize one another and build capacity to stop Big Oil and put decision - making power back into the hands of everyday people.

Many people who have purchased Bitcoin over the last 6 months have lost as much as 50 % of their purchasing power.

Solar power, which now generates almost 2 percent of the nation's electricity, has become popular among Democrats and Republicans alike, as people consider ways to have more control over their energy use and to reduce pollution as well as create jobs.

But over and above, the location you chose to open your gutter cleaning services company is key to the success of the business, hence entrepreneurs are willing to rent or lease a facility in a visible location; a location where the demography consists of people with the required purchasing power.

The people who are furious about the closure of the Edmonton City Centre Airport or annoyed about the funding of the Art Gallery of Alberta are unlikely to vote for the same candidate as the people angry over the Capital Power - Epcor decision.

Over a seven - year period, Ontario will be allowed to import up to two terawatt hours of electricity annually from Quebec — or enough energy to power a city of roughly 200,000 people.

But your right I'm sure this has been going on since the first man put on a robe and claimed spiritual power over other people 1000's of years ago.

The power is not in the person but in surrendering to God; and power is not over another but the love of God working through a person for our ultimate well - being.

Naming / defining is an exercise of power over others, so perhaps naming other persons made in the Divine image, with the potential to become godlike, by labeling them «believers» or «unbelievers» is a failure to see all people as God sees them, children of the one true God.

as in it should have been «Over time, I learned first - hand that power deafens me and corrupts the value of other people.»

People today are so preoccupied with making it illegal to even roll your eye's at the thought of gay marriage meanwhile over the last 10 years the powers that be have removed some of the most basic human rights that even Muslim countries have!

Amazing how many of our elected officials and people in high power who are screwing the general population over in this country are graduates or attendies from some of those major, least religious colleges and universities.

Hailemariam rose to power in the southern region, becoming the Ethiopian equivalent of a U.S. governor over the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples» Region in 2002 before advancing to the national government.

Another is the power of religion over people in general where religion becomes embedded in our lives in such a way as to perpetuate its power.

At the time a lot of people (especially those with power over the Hebrews) were worshiping the world — the moon, the sea, the sky: that story points to who should be worshiped — the Creator of those things.

I often wonder if churches attract bullies or if people who get into a position of power in churches find it's easy to use their position to lord it over others and even bully them.

I'm confused it says they will be gossips conceited unholy haters of good without love self love people in the end times to stay away not even to receive them not even pray for them is that blasphemy then it says they hold firm to a godliness but deny its power but I thought blasphemy they don't hold firm to any godliness but are not drawn by the spirit at all to wan na ask forgiveness even it says god is just and will forgive why I wish he would forgive all things his children suffer over that can't change need to also it says if u can say Jesus is lord the holy spirit is with u right or u couldn't even say those words please someone help I've been suffering

«[Now] many students are given just one lens — power... Every situation is analysed in terms of the bad people acting to preserve their power and privilege over the good people.

The God of power and might is one who cares for His people and watches over them to protect them.

Wonder and awe before the majesty of the Creator, answering a high call to service, being transformed by a Power greater than our own, being aware of a Presence in whose fellowship we find our strength, being reinforced by the divine help so that we triumph over trouble, opening our lives to inspired hours when the best seems the most real — all these are responses to revelations of reality above and beyond ourselves, but nowhere is such revelation so compelling as when it comes incarnate in a person.

In population control, euthanasia, abortion, and eugenics, the human person is treated as an object or product to be used or eliminated according to the purposes of those who have power over others.

Obviously that millions of innocent people died because simple - minded men are in power and yield control over groups of other simple - minded men who do their bidding... see Hitler and the Nazis, Stalin and the Soviet police, etc...

for a crap load of reasons, like, he had his hand over her mouth, she'd been knocked unconscious, he was a soldier, temple priest, person of power.

Fromm sees clearly that for many people Christianity is a thin veneer over the idolatrous worship of power, success, and the authority of the marketplace; or it is a cover masking their idolatrous fixation on their clan, religious or ethnic group, or nation - state.

These changes also change the structures of power in our society, so that, for example, literate people who know how to access electronic information will have increased power over literate people who don't.

The novel is a brilliant demonstration of the power of language to define groups, to warp character, and to empower some people over others.

People all over the world, both in positions of power and not, seem to believe that there is room for debate on the issues of climate change, humanity's involvement and the need to transition to a low - carbon future.

I believe that it is part of the desire to have power and control over the lives of people, that the church has had the arrogance to act like they have power and control over God's grace.

(Using the lowercase «c» with reference to «christianity» is a spiritual discipline for me as a member of a religious tradition so arrogant and abusive in its exercise of power over women, lesbians and gays, indigenous people, Jews, Muslims and members of nonchristian religions and cultures.)

Jesus said in Luke 22:25 that the kings of the earth lord power over the people and yet call themselves the peoples helpers, then He said «It shall not be so with you, for the one who is greatest among you, shall be servant of all.»

«While all the versions of the kingdom of the world acquire and exercise power over others, the kingdom of God, incarnated and modeled in the person of Jesus Christ, advances only by exercising power under others.

The gospel lays bare the motivations of our heart to reveal that many of our battles over the gospel are little more than struggles for control between power - hunger people.

Then it would be rewritten by many hands over and over again, and in different languages and under the watch of different people in political power.