Decrees Quotes

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Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with this inferiority only by destroying the male's superiority. — Simone de Beauvoir
You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil system never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to it means partaking… — Mahatma Gandhi
Sin must be within God's eternal decrees in some sense in which He is not the author of it . . . We must conclude… — J. Oliver Buswell
We are able to persevere only because God works within us, within our free wills. And because God is at work in us, we are… — R C Sproul
... the first thing his education demands is the provision of an environment in which he can develop the powers given him by nature. This… — Maria Montessori
... The decrees of the Sovereign Ordainer, as related to fate and predestination, are of two kinds. Both are to be obeyed and accepted. The… — BahÃ¡'u'llÃ¡h
Kings or parliaments could not give the rights essential to happiness... We claim them from a higher source - from the King of kings, and… — John Dickinson
Do not stand still disputing about your election, but set to repenting and believing. Cry to God for converting grace. Revealed things belong to you;… — Joseph Alleine
The constitution of human nature" teaches us not to expect "that the persons, entrusted with the administration of the affairs of the particular members of… — Alexander Hamilton
Genius, by its very intensity, decrees a special path of fire for its vivid power. — Phillips Brooks
Character is formed, not by laws, commands, and decrees, but by quiet influence, unconscious suggestion and personal guidance. — Marion LeRoy Burton
The Second Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances where all other rights have failed - where the government refuses… — Alex Kozinski
The Reichswirtschaftsministerium ('Reich Ministry of Economic Affairs') tells the shop managers what and how to produce, at what prices and from whom to buy, at… — Ludwig von Mises
Nature is not benevolent; Nature is just, gives pound for pound, measure for measure, makes no exceptions, never tempers her decrees with mercy, or winks… — John Burroughs
When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When "Somebody Up There" - a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a… — Jessica Mitford
Still we did not expect to be without rubs and difficulties; and we have had them. First the detention of Western posts: then the coalition… — Thomas Jefferson
Insurrection: Insurrection as soon as circumstances allow: insurrection, strenuous, ubiquitous: the insurrection of the masses: the holy war of the oppressed: the republic to make… — Giuseppe Mazzini
Men never think, at least seldom think, what a hard task it is for us women to go through this very often. God's will be… — Queen Victoria
Nature decrees that we do not exceed the speed of light. All other impossibilities are optional. — Robert Breault
It seems to me that it was well said by Madama Serenissima, and insisted on by your reverence, that the Holy Scripture cannot err, and… — Galileo Galilei

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