Decrees Quotes

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The arrogance of some of those who are so damned sure they are right is just astounding. Scientific witch hunts are often the worst kind,… — Jerry Pournelle
The pains of disconcerted or frustrated habits, and the inherent pleasure there is in following them, are motives which nature has put into our wills… — Chauncey Wright
Only to bureaucrats can the idea occur that establishing new offices, promulgating new decrees, and increasing the number of government employees alone can be described… — Ludwig von Mises
It is our duty to look to God's commands, and not to His decrees; to our own duty, and not to His purposes. The decrees… — Thomas Boston
At the very heart and center of existence, pervading the whole manifestation of the divine Idea, there exists one predominant Law. This Law â€“ insofar… — Geoffrey Hodson
It is in the middle that human choices are made; the beginning and the end remain with God. The decrees of God are birth and… — Oswald Chambers
Man can, indeed, act contrarily to the decrees of God, as far as they have been written like laws in the minds of ourselves or… — Baruch Spinoza
Relativism is not indifference; on the contrary, passionate indifference is necessary in order for you not to hear the voices that oppose your absolute decrees. — Karel Capek
God made sun and moon to distinguish the seasons, and day and night; and we cannot have the fruits of the earth but in their… — John Donne
Your subconscious mind does not argue with you. It accepts what your conscious mind decrees. If you say, "I can't afford it," your subconscious mind… — Joseph Murphy
It is important to remember that government interference always means either violent action or the threat of such action. Government is in the last resort… — Ludwig von Mises
Every man hath greater assurance that God is good and just than he can have of any subtle speculations about predestination and the decrees of… — John Tillotson
Holy Scripture could never lie or err...its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth. — Galileo Galilei
When a parliamentary or social majority decrees that it is legal, at least under certain conditions, to kill unborn human life, is it not really… — Pope John Paul II
Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are! — William Makepeace Thackeray
God notices every one of us; there is not a sparrow or a worm that continues to live apart from His decrees. — Charles Spurgeon
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning. — Ludwig von Mises
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
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
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

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