Mystic equality lies in abstraction, not in having or in doing, which are processes. In function and process, one man, one part, must of necessity be subordinate to another. It is a condition of being. D. H. Lawrence
Let a state be considered as subordinate to the people: But let everything else be subordinate to the state. James Wilson
I think you also understand that one of the key things that's got to be done in Iraq is to build a mentality of understanding that the military needs to be subordinate to civilian control and respectful of its own people. John Abizaid
The reason I always insisted on signing my work was not to be subordinate to anyone. Paul Rand
It is of first importance that the military be subordinate to civilian government. John Rawls
Mr. Babbage's illustration powerfully suggests that this ordinary procedure may be subordinate to a higher law which only permits it for a time, and in proper season interrupts and changes it. Robert Chambers (publisher born 1802)