Luther's daring initiative thoughts did indeed come from above,
but he owed them to no man or age. —Junius B. Remensnyder, What
the World Owes Luther, 1917 Many writers maintain that there is
a rule of International Law forbidding the commencement of war
without a declaration of war. But such rule, in fact, does not
exist, for a great many wars take place without an initiative
declaration of war. —Lassa Oppenheim, International Law, 1906 If
you want to meet her, you're going to have to take the
initiative and introduce yourself. The company has the
opportunity to seize the initiative by getting its new products
to the market before its competitors. The governor has proposed
a new initiative to improve conditions in urban schools. … on
the day before their Club Med flight she took the initiative of
telephoning Franco from work, ostensibly to tell him that she
had really admired his new place … —John Barth, Atlantic, March
1995 Following initiatives begun before the First World War,
thirty-four states institute