Quotes About Dominion

The key question, it seemed to him, was that of whether man was to obey Nature, or attempt to command her.

Humans seem to have an innate drive to master other creatures.

Wars of imperial conquest have not been solely or even mostly waged over the land and its resources, but they have been fought within the bodies, minds and hearts of the people of the earth for dominion over them.

if China is not our suzerain!

But my patience isn't limitless... unlike my authority.

The Last Argument of Kings.

It's the way of kings.

neighbor I say to you: forget for a moment the Entertainment, and think instead about a U.S.A. where such a thing could be possible enough for your Office to fear: can such a U.S.A. hope to survive for a much longer time? To survive as a nation of peoples? To much less exercise dominion over other nations of other peoples? If these are other peoples who still know what it is to choose?

Pero Fernando Vallejo, con su dominio del idioma, su radicalidad y su constante sentido del humor, es mucho más: es el hombre que rompió el nudo gordiano de un silencio centenario, el hombre que convirtió nuestra más antigua cadena, el lenguaje, en un instrumento de libertad.

Once more now in the march of centuries Old England was to stand forth in battle against the mightiest thrones and dominations. Once more in defence of the liberties of Europe and the common right must she enter upon a voyage of great toil and hazard across waters uncharted, towards coasts unknown, guided only by the stars. Once more 'the far-off line of storm-beaten ships' was to stand between the Continental Tyrant and the dominion of the world.

The destruction of German military power had brought with it a fundamental change in the relations between Communist Russia and the Western democracies. They had lost their common enemy, which was almost their sole bond of union. Henceforward Russian imperialism and the Communist creed saw and set no bounds to their progress and ultimate dominion, and more than two years were to pass before they were confronted again with an equal will-power.

My agency was pure and miraculous. It conferred power upon me.

This understanding [of the image of God] turns our supremacism upsidedown, for if we resemble God in that we have dominion, we must be called to be "imitators of God" (Eph. 5:1) in the way we exercise it. Indeed, far from giving us a free hand on the earth, the imago Dei constrains us. We must be kings, not tyrants – if we become the latter we deny, and even destroy, the image in us. Huw Spanner

E nasci para escrever. A palavra é o meu domínio sobre o mundo.

Qui t'en empêche, ô Toi qui règnes sur ma vie, Toi qui peux presque tout, Toi qui, d'un plissement volontaire de tes sourcils, rapproches dans le ciel les nuages ?

The king's might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.

Well, I think, by definition, all power has limits.

El verdadero poder no se concede, y tampoco se puede arrebatar

It is no life to be always under someone's control, subject to their will and whim.

Cuál va a ser? Reina.

It's all yours.

All of math is mine.

Humans have "dominion" over animals. But that "dominion" (radah in Hebrew) does not mean despotism, rather we are set over creation to care for what God has made and to treasure God's own treasures.

It was quick work. He came, he saw, I conquered!