Precedent Quotes

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I would rather create a precedent than find one. — William O. Douglas
I think that presidents don't give up power that has accrued to them by the precedent of previous presidents. Even when they say they would… — Rachel Maddow
Is it conceivable that a newly emancipated people can soar to the heights of liberty, and, unlike Icarus, neither have its wings melt nor fall… — Simon Bolivar
Most hierarchies are nowadays so cumbered with rules and traditions, and so bound in by public laws, that even high employees do not have to… — Laurence J. Peter
This, it may be said, is no more than a hypothesis, but it satisfies the conditions of a legitimate hypothesis, by postulating the operation of… — William Robertson Smith
The obvious precedent for Beijing 2008 was the Berlin Olympics, in 1936. Both were showcases for a muscle-flexing nation, although Hitler made an elementary error… — Anthony Lane
Today it is not nearly enough to be a saint, but we must have the saintliness demanded by the present moment, a new saintliness, itself… — Simone Weil
Well, to have some teams come at you like Montreal did, itâ€™s definitely flattering, and I think it was good for me to also set… — Brandon Prust
In my own recent String Trio I attempt to superimpose two quite different sets of formal strategies, both of which, ultimately, refer back to historical… — Brian Ferneyhough
Every public action which is not customary, either is wrong or, if it is right, is a dangerous precedent. It follows that nothing should ever… — Francis Cornford
Worse still is that mankind - the non-Jewish world - learned nothing from the Holocaust: The event which had no precedent in history, which should… — Elie Wiesel
Clouds of a different sort signal an environmental holocaust without precedent. Once again, world leaders waffle, hoping the danger will dissipate. Yet today the evidence… — Al Gore
. . . the example given by the Nazi regime as to the ability of a modern state to destroy human lives with the same… — Omer Bartov
That past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present, was itself founded on some past that went before it. — Madame de Stael
The century of aeroplanes deserves its own music. As there are no precedents, I must create anew. — Claude Debussy
Ornate rhetorick taught out of the rule of Plato.... To which poetry would be made subsequent, or indeed rather precedent, as being less suttle and… — John Milton
What they [Jim deMint and the oil lobby] do care about is the precedent. If they open up ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge), they'll think… — Barbara Boxer
Is not Precedent indeed a King of men? A Word from the Psalmist. — Algernon Charles Swinburne
The faults of a writer of acknowledged excellence are more dangerous, because the influence of his example is more extensive; and the interest of learning… — Samuel Johnson
So what I'm trying to say is you should text me back. Because there's a precedent. Because there's an urgency. Because there's a bedtime. Because… — Marina Keegan

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