Sentence examples for existing order of things from inspiring English sources

Indeed, it was prophesied that the Grand Turk himself would relinquish his crown to Sevi.Such inversions of the existing order of things were a Sevi speciality.

The inflation unleashed by severing the link to gold did what inflations always do: It undermined faith in the existing order of things, making a mockery of such traditional values as thrift and productive investing by artificially rewarding speculation.

"Force and right," Crummell writes, quoting Arnold, "are the governors of this world; force till right is ready….And till right is ready, force, the existing order of things, is justified, is the legitimate rule".

If you are happy with the existing order of things, you will have no incentive to change.

The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order.

Zawahiri envisioned not merely the removal of the head of state but a complete overthrow of the existing order.

It is the paucity of the assembly's duties that has prevented it from developing major institutional interests, and this may be the only thing standing between the existing order and one run by the Assembly of Experts.

Upholders of the existing order say that nothing can be done.

If you critique the existing order but don't stick within quite a narrow set of possible alternatives, you are anti-intellectual – the pro-intellectual thing to do, of course, is to leave serious discussion to the intellectuals.

The mistake of Germany and Japan had been their effort to challenge the existing order.

In fact, the existing order is fragile.