Decree Quotes

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Let the gentleman go to Revelation to learn the decree of God - let him go to the Bible. . . . I said that… — Jefferson Davis
As the Nazi regime developed over the years, the whole structure of decision-making was changed. At first there were laws. Then there were decrees implementing… — Raul Hilberg
Repeatedly and frankly we have announced that in Irans national security doctrine there is no room for atomic and chemical weapons as we consider them… — Ali Larijani
JESTER, n. An officer attached to the king's household to amuse the court by ludicrous actions and utterances . . . the king's own conduct… — Ambrose Bierce
When we look at cities across the country, Cincinnati, for example, where they have come under DOJ guidance with a consent decree, we see that,… — Ronnie Dunn
The iron hand of necessity commands, and her stern decree is supreme law, to which the gods even must submit. In deep silence rules the… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The belief in free-will is not in the least incompatible with the belief in Providence, provided you do not restrict the Providence to fulminating nothing… — William James
Very strange is this quality of our human nature which decrees that unless we feel a future before us we do not live completely in… — Phillips Brooks
We, Norton I, do hereby decree that the offices of President, Vice President, and Speaker of the House of Representatives are, from and after this… — Emperor Norton
Ham will continue to be servant of servants, as the Lord decreed, until the curse is removed. will the present struggle free the slave? No;… — Brigham Young
All of us who desire the kingdom of God are, by the Lord's decree, under an equal and rigorous necessity of seeking after the grace… — Saint Basil
There is no etiquette rule that decrees one must give out personal information to anyone who asks. — Judith Martin
There are many who lust for the simple answers of doctrine or decree. They are on the left and right. They are not confined to… — A. Bartlett Giamatti
I believe that nothing happens apart from divine determination and decree. We shall never be able to escape from the doctrine of divine predestination -… — Charles Spurgeon
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
How happy is the little stone That rambles in the road alone, And doesn't care about careers, And exigencies never fears; Whose coat of elemental… — Emily Dickinson
Every individual has to assume responsibility for his or her own actions, even the poor and the young. A social system that decrees otherwise is… — Tom Robbins
Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The war is in the mountains,â€ he said. â€œFor as long as I can remember, they have killed us in the cities with decrees, not… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
In an initial period, Photography, in order to surprise, photographs the notable; but soon, by a familiar reversal, it decrees notable whatever it photographs. The… — Roland Barthes

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