Sentences with phrase «to impose one's will»

We are not demanded by a «higher authority» do impose our will on others.

Instead, both groups must be seen as persons imposing their wills upon others, hence as participating in violence.

Since the federal government doesn't have the legal authority to impose its will over the objections of the provinces, it has decided instead to persuade the provinces to collaborate.

You can't simply impose your will because you're now the boss.

This, in turn, keeps the majority — or minority — from imposing its will on the nation.

However, the specific criminal penalties that can be imposed will depend on the facts and circumstances specific to your case.

The tariffs which will be imposed will damage few sectors, but those they do hit, like manufacturing and agriculture, will be hit very significantly.

Bourgeois democracy is entirely formal and is supposed to be a contest between conflicting interests with the winners imposing their will on the losers.

This does not mean taking one obedience class and displaying the diploma, nor does it mean imposing your will on your dog and breaking him / her into habit.

For the government to impose its will upon the masses is an effort to force the masses to worship it in order to receive basic necessities of living.

I'm more interested in seeing what the material tells me than in imposing my will on it.

Which conditions the police decide to impose will depend on the type of criminal offence, the severity of the alleged offence and the past criminal history of the offender.

However the Church can not impose the will of God by force, and never should have, even though «this means for the Church to be reviled and bruised... like the poor wife of a dour husband, but never to leave him.»

The concept of «the consent of the governed» sometimes seems almost as inoperative as it was when a Caesar imposed his will by fiat.

The penalty imposed will equal three months» simple interest on the amount withdrawn, regardless of the length of time the funds have remained on deposit.

Additionally, internally it is very hard to sell to the public that the USA can not impose its will in a tiny, backwards country in the Far East and that it has to begin talks without being able to dictate the terms.

The penalty imposed will equal 90 days of dividends on your account for account terms of one year or less and 180 days of dividends for accounts terms greater than one year.

At the ultraviolent extremity would be acts, such as murder, which impose the will of the actor upon others with a dreadful finality.

«Government is not, democracy is not something where one person imposes will on everybody else.

First they bring the I - pad out, get people to buy it, and once they have had their massive sales, they start with imposing their will (greed) on others.

«The change in the probate application process should reduce administration costs, and therefore it does not correlate with the proposed hike in probate court fees, which if imposed will cause financial burden to many bereaved families.

We do unilaterally impose our wills on others in ways which meaningfully restrict their freedom.

When I put everything on balance, I sincerely do not see a functional rationale against staying put versus trading up that isn't linked to someone wanting to be right in their guy and seeing Buffalo impose their will.

«We also warn any nation that is determined to impose its will through chemical attacks and inhumane suffering, most especially the outlaw Syrian regime, the US remains prepared to act if we must,» she said.

«They don't have anything to do with physically imposing your will on other people.

Racists, bigots, haters, lying politicians, bad bosses, cronyism, inequality, people who say one thing and do another, thieves, and zealots who impose their will on others.

Morgan Guyton at Red Letter Christians with «Why Gender Hierarchy Makes No Biblical Sense to Me» «Servant leaders who emulate Jesus can never impose their will on others by force.

It is nowadays not immediately obvious that this opening passage has also a secular interpretation, perhaps best demonstrated by reference to C. S. Lewis's observation that when God is abolished by man, He is not replaced by all men but by a few men imposing their will on the rest.

As the world's only superpower, we are beginning to look very much like a high - tech bully imposing our will on the cheap.

As to the claim that creeds impose the will of the elite, Pelikan points out cases — most notably the opposition to Arianism in the century or so after the Council of Nicaea — in which, in John Henry Newman's words, «The Catholic people, in the length and breadth of Christendom, were the obstinate champions of Catholic truth, and the bishops were not.»

Worst of all, perhaps, there is the narrowly moralistic idea, where God is conceived to be the governor of the world who imposes arbitrary laws that must be obeyed or those upon whom they are imposed will suffer ghastly punishment — a picture of God that some sadistic pervert might have thought up, modeling deity after his own character.

Houston was forced to punt after only four plays, and the Patriots» offense regained possession and imposed its will yet again.

Dan Stone imposed his will in the paint for the entirety of the Game and Captain Justin has his rotations set for what is going to be an extremely dangerous bunch to come across when April starts..

The Denver Nuggets imposed their will on the Oklahoma City Thunder and won on the road, 114 - 104, at Chesapeake Energy Arena Tuesday night to earn their 13th consecutive victory.

«We played so hard, defensively, in the first half and really imposed our will in terms of our defense,» Mississippi State coach Ben Howland said.

Then, just as he had done in Annapolis — where in nine seasons he became the Midshipmen's alltime wins leader (55 -46-1)-- Welsh imposed his will on Charlottesville.

He is a strong tackler, quick, brilliant passer and reader of the game always imposing his will on opponents in the midfield.

The midfield struggled to truly impose its will on the game — probably because there was no Paul Pogba (for most of the game).

The Spartans imposed their will on Maryland early, running for 198 of their 271 rushing yards in the first half.

Before Triborough, «if you declared impasse, labor would be putting itself at considerable peril,» said Stephen Madarasz, CSEA's spokesman, adding, «Before they used this principle, you basically had a situation where management could impose its will once a contract expired.»

«That, the NUT, Kaduna State Wing wrote a letter to you, appealing to your conscience to rescind the decision above, but as usual, you ignored the letter and went ahead with your avowed determination to impose your will against the consensus of bonafide stakeholders in the educational sector.

The appalling consequences of the military technology deployed in the Gulf War 12 months ago provide a tragic symbol of the encounter between East and West during the past five centuries: superior military technology has allowed Western nations to impose their will across the globe, inducing a prolonged crisis of culture among the losers.