- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ascendant Quotes
On rising, ruling, and what stays ascendant over time.
These quotes explore what it means for a person, idea, or influence to become ascendant, starting with the almost-Greek tragedy of a political rise undone from within. One line ties lasting authority to something sturdier than a passing mood, echoing the Constitution quotes on this site.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
Usually, I chalk Democratic dreams of a blue Texas to the same sort of thinking that brought us the inevitability of the coalition of the ascendant and 100% certainty that Donald Trump was going to lose.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
This Constitution was not made for a day, nor is it composed of such flexible materials as to be warped to the purposes of a casually ascendant influence.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
The astrologers and historians write that the ascendant as of Oxford is Capricornus, whose lord is Saturn, a religious planet, and patron of religious men.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have the largest economy and the strongest military in the world. Our core values of freedom and opportunity are ascendant around the globe.
- Nov 07, 2020