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• I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
• On landing at New York I caught the yellow fever. The kind man who commanded the ship that brought me from France… — John James Audubon
• Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. — Francis Bacon
• The fundamental law of the militia is, that it be created, directed and commanded by the laws, and ever for the support… — John Adams
• Since God had commanded it, it was necessary that I do it. Since God commanded it, even if I had a hundred… — Joan of Arc
• To be governed is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-ridden, regulated, penned up, indoctrinated, preached at, checked, appraised, seized, censured,… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
• Those who follow the banners oreason are like the well-disciplined battalions which, wearing a more sober uniform and making a less dazzling… — Walter Scott
• To be governed ... is to be watched, inspected, directed, indoctrinated, numbered, estimated, regulated, commanded, controlled, law-driven, preached at, spied upon, censured,… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
• I will keep my body charged with energy for fulfillment of my purpose, in accord with that which is commanded of me... — Walter Russell
• The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition, we must lead it.… — Barack Obama
• Human knowledge and human power meet in one; for where the cause is not known the effect cannot be produced. Nature to… — Francis Bacon
• Though we are commanded to 'wash ourselves', to 'cleanse ourselves from sins', to 'purge ourselves from all our iniquities', yet to imagine… — John Owen

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