Sentence examples for power in the name of from inspiring English sources

Labour's creation of a welfare state in the 1940s centralised power in the name of equality.

Thus the opportunity arose for ambitious men to seize power in the name of the oppressed.

Thus, the opportunity arose for ambitious men to seize power in the name of the oppressed.

"They took power in the name of religion, not as Pashtuns," Mr. Taizi said.

He will not be able to seize the levers of power in the name of reform.

Some theologians have argued that only the ordained can exercise power in the name of the pope.

The two men were members of Mr. Mubarak's inner circle before seizing power in the name of the revolution.

As a result, the drama fails to make much significance of the topical issue it raises concerning abuse of power in the name of national (or campus) security.

The bill that Congress approved sharply reduced the new director's power, in the name of permitting the Secretary of Defense to maintain his "statutory responsibilities".

These laws are more than 40 years old, created when party bosses ceded a mite of power in the name of reform.

On a military-controlled television station, a general in civilian clothes said a "council of administrative reform" had seized power in the name of the king.