The first was in thinking that, among those whose only distinction was their wealth, his own wealth permitted him the same insolence and ruthlessness that so frequently characterised them.
Burley's character for ruthlessness is defended by the evidence of the "Scottish Worthies.
The majority which Bolsheviks regard as unattainable is chiefly prevented by the ruthlessness of their own tactics.
I do not believe that they can be furthered, except very rarely, by revolution and war; and I am convinced that at the present moment they can only be promoted by a diminution in the spirit of ruthlessness generated by the war.
I used to think that his strain of Indian blood, remote as it was, might have something to do with the cunning and ruthlessness of the man.
Among the foul possibilities of human nature, was it possible that black ruthlessness and black deceit as well were hidden behind that good and straight and gentle seeming?
There was a long-standing gentle competition between the two, which they abandoned in common hostility to Lady Maitland, who excelled them both in the ruthlessness and speed of her hunting.
Moral delinquency in England, if of sufficiently ancient lineage, grows venial with the years and, if carried out with adequate ruthlessness or at least success, may quickly find itself invested with grandeur.
Mere ruthlessness will not account for it; ruthlessness by itself rouses new enemies: a reign of sheer terror is brief.
If he had maintained the Cromwellian system of ruthlessnessin the pursuit of each object he set before himself, his condemnation as a tyrant would have been tempered by praise of his masterfulness.
The Mahomet whoseruthlessness towards his opponents fell like an awe upon all Arabia, could know and do homage to an enemy who had shown himself worthy of his steel.
The ruthlessness of the former is the outcome of the success which made it possible.
Ruthlessness and trust in the sword were his only chances of success.
The result of this ruthlessness was the official conversion of the tribe, for resistance was useless, and they had not, like the Jews, the flame of faith to keep their resistance alive.
The bravery of the seaman is that he fears the sea and knows its ruthlessness and its ultimate victory, and accepts it as a part of his day's work.
He had caught enough in Thirkle's manner since the death of Buckrow to see that he was not going to get a just division of the loot, at the very least, and, knowing the ruthlessness of his master, he had doubts about escaping with his life.
The ruthlessness of his laugh--the laugh of the red-blooded man who makes laws that he himself may be lawless shook her with a wild appeal.
Janet was shocked by the ruthlessness of it, for Lise appeared relieved, almost gay.
It bewildered him by hampering a ruthlessness hitherto absolute.
He extolled ruthlessnessin exterminating the Jewish race and later described this process as “delousing.
The evidence of the widespread starvation among the Polish People in the Government General indicates the ruthlessness and the severity with which the policy of exploitation was carried out.
The contrast between the ruthlessnessand pitifulness of his public acts sprang indeed from a contrast within his temper itself.
It was the rising of a whole people which led to so much ruthlessness and savage cruelty.
Cecil Rhodes possessed a curious shyness which gave to his character an appearance the more misleading in that it hid in reality a will of iron and a ruthlessness comparable to a Condottiere of the Middle Ages.
It was true that some increasing flowers of civilization obscured the brutality, some decorations of art glorified it, but underneath the beauty and the art the native ruthlessness remained unchanged.
Had he not given his satire a loose rein over the safe-conduct which drew this very Guy de Molembrais to Valmy, and the swift ruthlessness which brushed aside any such feeble plea as a King's good faith?
Wallie felt no qualms of guilt or conscience at the cold-blooded ruthlessness of his plans.
A fop no longer; instead, a man of purpose with cruelruthlessness in every feature.
But a ruthlessness too, as if the builders, who refused to accept any modifications of their original plans from nature, might be as arrogant and self-assured in other ways.
Neither my youth nor my ambition nor my alleged ruthlessnessare in question.
At first glance one might suppose that the chief objection to this German enterprise lay in its ruthlessnessand economic terrorism.
But a woman's ruthlessness was outwitted by a woman's cunning.
All her aggressive industrial ruthlessnesshas vanished.
The real Hun atrocity is the attitude towards life which calls chivalry sentiment, fair-play a waste of opportunity andruthlessness strength.
Peace Halting the Ruthlessness of War" in May, 1917, took a second prize in a competition under the auspices of the Massachusetts Branch of the Woman's Peace Party.
