Sentences with phrase «power in a few hands»

The prophets picked up on this ideal, protesting the concentration of wealth and power in a few hands.

«And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control.

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That said, Trump did rally against mega-mergers like the AT&T - Time Warner buyout during his campaign, saying in October that it'd result in «too much concentration of power in the hands of too few.»

But Bitcoin Unlimited's larger blocks would require more computing power, storage, and network bandwidth to process, which could concentrate mining in fewer hands, making the system both less secure and less democratic.

«Power that controls the economy should be in the hands of elected representatives of the people, not in the hands of an industrial oligarchy,» Justice William O. Douglas wrote.171 Decentralizing this power would ensure that «the fortunes of the people will not be dependent on the whim or caprice, the political prejudice, the emotional stability of a few self - appointed men.&rPower that controls the economy should be in the hands of elected representatives of the people, not in the hands of an industrial oligarchy,» Justice William O. Douglas wrote.171 Decentralizing this power would ensure that «the fortunes of the people will not be dependent on the whim or caprice, the political prejudice, the emotional stability of a few self - appointed men.&rpower would ensure that «the fortunes of the people will not be dependent on the whim or caprice, the political prejudice, the emotional stability of a few self - appointed men.»

The rapid expansion of internet - connected devices will put even more power in the hands of a few companies with the biggest cloud services.

Crude demand sure to fall with low industry growth, people getting poorer (as a result of concentration of wealth in few hands) and increasing CNG and electric powered cars.

That power should not be concentrated in the hands of a few for reasons other than economic stake.

«As an example of the power structure I'm fighting, AT&T is buying Time Warner and thus CNN,» Mr. Trump said Oct. 22 as the pact was announced, «a deal we will not approve in my administration because it's too much concentration of power in the hands of too few.»

In Created Equal, Joshua Berman, a lecturer at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem and Bar - Ilan University, uses this notable feature of Israelite political life to argue that the Bible is remarkably egalitarian and that Israel, unlike its neighbors, was notably suspicious of hierarchical regimes that located political power in the hands of a few eliteIn Created Equal, Joshua Berman, a lecturer at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem and Bar - Ilan University, uses this notable feature of Israelite political life to argue that the Bible is remarkably egalitarian and that Israel, unlike its neighbors, was notably suspicious of hierarchical regimes that located political power in the hands of a few elitein Jerusalem and Bar - Ilan University, uses this notable feature of Israelite political life to argue that the Bible is remarkably egalitarian and that Israel, unlike its neighbors, was notably suspicious of hierarchical regimes that located political power in the hands of a few elitein the hands of a few elites.

It outlines a number of areas for Christians to consider and advises people to vote for a party that is interested in «reversing the accumulation of power and wealth in fewer and fewer hands, whether those of the state, corporations or individuals».

The result was the rapid buying up of stations by large networks, which made possible the centralization of power in the hands of only a few multinational corporations who now own every part of the broadcasting system — radio, TV, cable, and satellite.

But when wealth is concentrated in a few hands, it gives these hands the power to shape markets to their own advantage.

The objection is that it transfers wealth from the public to the banks and it concentrates wealth and power in fewer and fewer hands.

It also concentrates power as well as wealth in fewer and fewer hands.

He calls attention to (1) the degeneration in syncretism of the old Yahweh faith prior to the appearance of the eighth - century prophets; (2) a kind of «emancipation» from Yahweh in increasing dependence upon the maturing structure of the political state; and (3) the dissolution of the old tribal social order with the shift of economic power to the cities, the increasing inability of the farmer, because of the burdens of heavy taxation, to maintain himself as a free man, and the growing concentration of land in the hands of a few wealthy urbanites (cf. Isa.

As we have noted, the current distributional pattern characterized by gross concentration of land in the hands of the few is the basis for the concentration of both wealth and political power.

These people are just accomplishing step one of escaping the hold of oppressive religious cults, realizing that organized religions are obvious scams created to concentrate money and power in the hands of a few.

I agree that there have been many attempts to keep scripture out of reach of the laymen and that these attempts have often been a cynical attempt to keep power concentrated in the hands of a few.

They already concentrate far too much power in too few hands.

You're buying into the lie, because there are and have been people in power who want us to continue to decimate our economy and our nation, pouring all of our wealth into the hands of a few weapons manufacturers and oil corporations.

Since the economic system also concentrates wealth and power in fewer and fewer hands and excludes the majority from participation even in its material benefits, it generates enormous suffering.

NGOs became «convinced that large - scale, top - down development concentrates wealth in fewer hands, transfers power to TNC's -LCB- transnational corporations], destroys traditional communities rather than developing them, disempowers the poor, and degrades the environment.»

In addition to concentrating wealth and power in fewer and fewer hands, the present system is impoverishing the EartIn addition to concentrating wealth and power in fewer and fewer hands, the present system is impoverishing the Eartin fewer and fewer hands, the present system is impoverishing the Earth.

The violation of human rights is the consequence of the power being in the hands of a few and its misuse by them.

And, indeed, few would deny that, as so many of our problems become global in scope, increased power in the hands of global agencies is essential.

Church religion turns into a political power racket every time, here in the South every second horse trader with a big mouth, soft hands and few hard skills opens up a «First Church of SomethingOrOther» that he can skim money off of and not pay taxes on.

As the social structure became more complicated, with increasing power in the hands of a few and increasing uncertainty in the status of the many, economic inequality became more, rather than less, pronounced and the slave system was alike more firmly established and more ethically troublesome.

This problem is heightened by the fact that when church structures place power in the hands of a few or even one person, a pyramidal system is created with the inherent danger of the monopolization of that power.63

Our number one priority shud be aubameyang then after we can talk abt any other players, we need a quality player that can push us forward to save our season not a player that needed few season to get use to the league, for me Wenger and gazidis has a hand in all this mess, he still has the power to tell gazidis i need this player and his gonna be a good addition and ofcus gazidis can now say okay let's make this happen.

from where i'm sitting, conor's strengths: - long and athletic - great power in his hands and feet - throws with speed & accuracy - uses all 8 points of contact (and uses them all in multiple ways)- uses good footwork to circle away from power shots and to control pace / location of fight - has shown good to great TD defense (until tired)- has good chin (tested several times and the proof appears to be in the pudding, as they say)- displays good head movement which allows him to absorb fewer strikes while within range - excellent counter puncher (able to get in and out fast using his karate style stance)- has shown better conditioning at lw than fw or ww - has incredible fight iq (lone exception in the ufc was against nate in first fight when he was clearly fatigued)

We have a game in hand this season was tough because we failed in games we should have won from winning positions which is a fact and decline we are at the bottom of our fall we have already taken steps for next year and with the players who just arrived laca Used to england and cazorla coming back hopefully jack resigns and a few new summer signings shows me were turning on the power to arise from where were at now this is the low next year we will be back to our right fulk place where wenger kept us for 20 straight years were in the dark now but headed towards the light now for next year

Power concentrated in the regime's hands means fewer possibilities for outside scrutiny to stop such illicit flows, especially of Colombian cocaine.

He also promised «an awful lot of people are going to get hurt in the process» if legislative leaders go along with the governor's idea of scrapping third party officials» power to hand - pick who runs on their ballot lines — a pledge that no doubt sent shivers up the spines of not a few Senate Republicans.

Is the rising power and capital accumulation of FAMGA (Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon) together with advances in block chains and artificial intelligence leading to the concentration of wealth in ever fewer hands, obsolescence of manual labour and even the destruction of capitalism, as Karl Marx believed in the 19th century?

Indeed, the ability of a small clique in political party apparatuses to determine who runs for office, coupled with proportional representation systems that allow for the concentration of power in the hands of a few, has led to tight control of who gets elected.

«In a few days, Governor Cuomo will walk out of that room and do what he always does: promise big, get some headlines, and ultimately hand over all the power to his buddies in the Republican Senate,» Nixon saiIn a few days, Governor Cuomo will walk out of that room and do what he always does: promise big, get some headlines, and ultimately hand over all the power to his buddies in the Republican Senate,» Nixon saiin the Republican Senate,» Nixon said.

«There's too much power in too few hands,» said Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb.

«The power is concentrated in a few hands.»

But in a brief signed by four prosecutors, Bharara's office said Silver's claims had no basis in facts or the law and it defended the announcement of Silver's Jan. 22 arrest and remarks Bharara made a day later in a law school speech when he joked repeatedly that power in New York State was «unduly concentrated in the hands of just a few men» — the governor, the Assembly speaker and the Senate president.

In a brief signed by four prosecutors, Bharara's office said Silver's claims had no basis in facts or the law and it defended the announcement of Silver's Jan. 22 arrest and remarks Bharara made a day later in a law school speech when he joked repeatedly that power in New York State was «unduly concentrated in the hands of just a few men» — the governor, the Assembly speaker and the Senate presidenIn a brief signed by four prosecutors, Bharara's office said Silver's claims had no basis in facts or the law and it defended the announcement of Silver's Jan. 22 arrest and remarks Bharara made a day later in a law school speech when he joked repeatedly that power in New York State was «unduly concentrated in the hands of just a few men» — the governor, the Assembly speaker and the Senate presidenin facts or the law and it defended the announcement of Silver's Jan. 22 arrest and remarks Bharara made a day later in a law school speech when he joked repeatedly that power in New York State was «unduly concentrated in the hands of just a few men» — the governor, the Assembly speaker and the Senate presidenin a law school speech when he joked repeatedly that power in New York State was «unduly concentrated in the hands of just a few men» — the governor, the Assembly speaker and the Senate presidenin New York State was «unduly concentrated in the hands of just a few men» — the governor, the Assembly speaker and the Senate presidenin the hands of just a few men» — the governor, the Assembly speaker and the Senate president.

By concentrating power in the hands of so few, he said, good people are discouraged from running for office because they know they will have little influence on important matters.

The premise of Unlock Democracy is simple: far too much power is locked up in the hands of far too few people.

«Yet, within our party, similar tactics keep delegates and club members in line so power remain in the hands of a few political leaders.»

The Democrats had just wrested control of the chamber from the GOP's hands, but the margin was slim enough that defection of a few key Democrats could have kept Skelos in power.

Power in New York State, as far as anyone can tell, is concentrated in the hands of just a few men — some would say, just three men.»

A choice between an «irresponsible capitalism» which sees huge gaps between the richest and the poorest, power concentrated in a few hands, and people are just in it for the fast buck whatever the consequences.

Whilst doing this, they have set out to destroy any rights that have been won by working people in order to ensure that power remains in the hands of the few, rather than the many.

In particular making sure that power isn't concentrated in a few hands, but we allow the smallest firms to flourisIn particular making sure that power isn't concentrated in a few hands, but we allow the smallest firms to flourisin a few hands, but we allow the smallest firms to flourish.