Especially technology employees spoiled by a Silicon Valley mentality that considers stock options a divine right.
They were appalled by the fusion of religious and political power, epitomised by the divine right of kings.
Mr Prodi is now president of the European Commission, but not even Brussels has divine right over royal matters.
You have no divine right to anything -- you have to earn it.
It doesn't give you a divine right to win but it is good to know you are putting the work in.
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"The notion that Wales has a divine right to 40 MPs is preposterous" says the man who heads up the Welsh Governance Centre.
"Of course we have no divine right to play in major tournaments, but it is quite right that qualification is expected, " he added.
What happens is pure planning roulette, a free-for-all, ad hoc gamble on the future where real estate reigns with a divine right established by astronomical values.
Sadly, history has shown us that this no divine right.
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What it means is that these differences do not matter, that no person is born intrinsically better than another, that a permanent aristocracy in the economic realm, or a divine right of kings in the political realm, are no part of the American system.
When he ran out of denials and excuses, he fell back on the rationale for divine-right rule when he said his acts, although illegal, were nonetheless OK because he committed them.
Some evangelicals believe that the Bible teaches a divine order of men and women known as "male headship" - which goes right back to Creation.
Of course union bashers will trot out statistics showing that job creation is greater in right-to-work states, but it seems here the economists who divine these statistics are mistaking cause and effect.
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