Decreed Quotes

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But on second thought, after I decreed the state of emergency, I came to the conclusion that that was impossible to achieve without bloodshed because… — Eduard Shevardnadze
INFALAPSARIAN, n. One who ventures to believe that Adam need not have sinned unless he had a mind to - in opposition to the Supralapsarians,… — Ambrose Bierce
It was the Almighty who decreed that men and women must cover their nakedness by wearing proper and modest clothing. No amount of rationalizing can… — Mark E. Petersen
The wretch who digs the mine for bread, or ploughs, that others may be fed, feels less fatigued than that decreed to him who cannot… — Hannah More
It is hereby decreed that the wall separating the sacred and the profane be toen down. From now on everything is sacred. — Paulo Coelho
The missionaries of Christianity had said in effect: You have no right to live among us as Jews. The secular rulers who followed had proclaimed:… — Raul Hilberg
One of the first laws against air pollution came in 1300 when King Edward I decreed the death penalty for burning of coal. At least… — Glenn T. Seaborg
Has God decreed all things that come to pass? Then there is nothing that falls out by chance, nor are we to ascribe what we… — Thomas Boston
To feed on death is to become food for death. To live by other's pain is to become a prey for pain. So has decreed… — Mikhail Naimy
His justice is the love that gives to each one of His creatures the gifts that His mercy has previously decreed. And His mercy is… — Thomas Merton
Exercise cannot secure us from that dissolution to which we are decreed; but while the soul and body continue united, it can make the association… — Samuel Johnson
Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one half of the flock should… — Marquis de Sade
Creatures are so governed by the secret counsel of God, that nothing happens but what he has knowingly and willingly decreed. — John Calvin
A king who feared wasps once decreed that they were abolished. As it happened, they did him no harm. But he was eventually stung to… — Idries Shah
To every man it is decreed: Thou shalt live alone. Happy they who imagine that they have escaped the common lot; happy, whilst they imagine… — George Gissing
Men and women are made for each other, but their mutual dependence differs in degrees; man is dependent on woman through his desires; woman is… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Heaven's eternal wisdom has decreed, that man should ever stand in need of man. — Theocritus
The people have the power to redeem the work of fools. Upon the meek the graces shower, it's decreed the people rule. — Patti Smith
O for ten years, that I may overwhelm / Myself in poesy; so I may do the deed / That my own soul has to… — John Keats
Failure feelings - fear, anxiety, lack of self-confidence - do not spring from some heavenly oracle. They are not written in the stars. They are… — Maxwell Maltz

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