D. H. Lawrence
Novelist, Poet
"The Sphinx-riddle. Solve it, or be torn to bits, is the decree."
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Decree
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Mahatma Gandhi
Political Leader
"You assist an administration most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees."
Edmund Burke
Philosopher, Politician
"The tribunal of conscience exists independent of edicts and decrees."
Abraham Lincoln
Political Leader
"What is to be, will be, and no prayers of ours can arrest the decree."
William James
Philosopher, Psychologist
"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 but fatal decrees."
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"Silence 'tis awe decrees."
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