Prerogative Quotes

He who has the gold makes the rules.

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.

It is not a sign of arrogance for the king to rule. That is what he is there for.

I don't care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating.

If you look at the number of aldermen who have been prosecuted and found liable of federal crimes over the years... the common thread among all of them is doing something in the exercise of aldermanic prerogative or privilege.

The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe--responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages.

Power is more satisfying to some than wealth.... Power is, indeed, a heady thing—whether it be a King, a President, a Legislature, a Court, or an Administration agency that is concerned.

There is so much that people take for granted.

One precedent in favor of power is stronger than an hundred against it

I feel like a spoilt rapper. I get to pick and choose everything.

By rights you're a king. If I was you, I'd call for a new deal.

Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative.

Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.

Flip-flops are a privilege, not a right.

They---the northern states---will never consent, that a slave-owner, his agent, or an officer of the United States, armed with process to arrest a fugitive from service, is clothed with entire immunity from state authority; to commit whatever crime or outrage against the laws of the state; that their own high prerogative writ of habeas corpus shall be annulled, their authority defied, their officers resisted, the process of their own courts contemned, their territory invaded by federal force, the houses of their citizens searched, the sanctuary or their homes invaded, their streets and public places made the scenes of tumultuous and armed violence, and state sovereignty succumb--paralyzed and aghast--before the process of an officer unknown to the constitution and irresponsible to its sanctions. At least, such shall not become the degradation of Wisconsin, without meeting as stern remonstrance and resistance as I may be able to interpose, so long as her people impose upon me the duty of guarding their rights and liberties, and maintaining the dignity and sovereignty of their state.

If somebody don't like something that I do, that's his or her prerogative. Just like it's mine.

Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear.

To make someone wait: the constant prerogative of all power.

The chairman gets special privilege … and I intend to use it.

I don't think enjoying life is an exclusive prerogative of young people.

I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

Why demand explanations? ... Explanations will hazard an encroachment upon the prerogative.

Agreeing to disagree is a prerogative only of those who live under a democratic system.

Unlike the majority of the writers of his age, La Rochefoucauld was an aristocrat; and this fact gives a peculiar tone to his work.