supreme power

Here are duties of guaranty and protection imposed upon the United States, by which their position is fixed as the supreme power.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 Various

This is the supreme power that has carried all his other powers to fruition.

Hilaire Belloc The Man and His Work C. Creighton Mandell 1922

Up to the end of the Directory the government was exercised by Jacobins, who merely desired to retain, along with the supreme power, the riches they had accumulated by murder and pillage, and were ready to surrender France to any one who would guarantee them free possession of these.

The Psychology of Revolution 1913

In fact, in congregations as in religious orders, the general chapter is the supreme power.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

It was indeed a wonderful illustration of what we claim for our Republican institutions, the absolute right of the poorest and humblest, provided he has the requisite talent and industry to aspire to the chief place and the supreme power.

From Canal Boy to President Alger, Horatio, 1832-1899 1881

When New York found that her great deed was too great, and, bending before the anger of Parliament, reluctantly complied with the terms of the Mutiny Act, there were not wanting observers to point out that the lesson, though only addressed to one colony, was of significance to all, and that an inevitable surrender was the proof {150} of the hopeless inferiority of the colonies when brought into direct contest with the supreme power.

A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III (of 4) Justin McCarthy 1871

The conflict between the Mormons and the Missourians resulted in the migration of the former to _Nauvoo_ in Illinois, where a community was organized in which _Smith_ exercised supreme power.

Outline of Universal History George Park Fisher 1868

Nor were men of resolute ambition without the prospect of eventually swaying an authority beyond that possessed by princes; for any one of the professed might rise to the supreme power in the order.

Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 The Catholic Reaction John Addington Symonds 1866

It was indeed a wonderful illustration of what we claim for our Republican institutions, the absolute right of the poorest and humblest, provided he has the requisite talent and industry to aspire to the chief place and the supreme power.

From Canal Boy to President Or the Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield Horatio Alger 1865

And this honour continued together with the valour and prudence of that nation: for the success of the Romans did not extirpate their religion; the college of the priests being in many things exempted even from the jurisdiction of the senate, afterwards the supreme power.

Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. I. 1634-1716 1823