Usurp Quotes

Wealth is so much the greatest good that Fortune has to bestow that in the Latin and English languages it has usurped her name. - Lord Melbourne

We understand the pain and the hurt of the Muslim community but I am urging Muslims around the world to understand the repercussions of their actions, that their pain has been usurped by Islamic extremists. - Tarek Fatah

Tyranny Absolves all faith; and who invades our rights, However his own commence, can never be But an usurper. - Henry Brooke

Tolerance is a one-way street in the Age of Obama. 'Choice' is in the eye (and iron fist) of the First Amendment usurper. - Michelle Malkin

This was a blatant attempt by the federal agents and the U.S. Attorney's office to usurp the judicial process. Rather than wait on a judge to decide whether the prosecutors have a right to these items, they went to another judge, got a warrant and just took it. - Julian McPhillips

This settlement agreement is an important step toward protecting the Internet and ICANN for the future. The terms of the agreement will ensure that the security and stability of the Internet can withstand the threats of tomorrow. In addition, the agreement will give ICANN the financial security it needs to fend off efforts to usurp power by the UN and repressive regimes such as China and Iran. - Jonathan Zuck

This is in no way an attempt to usurp the judges' power. We're merely coming back to the table on sentencing. - Eric Phillips

There's no attempt to usurp anything. The intent is to communicate. I wanted to show my thanks to these people who buy my records and listen to the music we release and do the jobs I don't want to do. - Adam Kidron

There are souls that are incurable and lost to the rest of society. Deprive them of one means of folly, they will invent ten thousand others. They will create subtler, wilder methods, methods that are absolutely DESPERATE. Nature herself is fundamentally antisocial, it is only by a usurpation of powers that the organized body of society opposes the natural inclination of humanity. - Antonin Artaud