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Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands.

~Daniel J. Boorstin

Topics: Commands Explicit Human Models Moral More Persuasive Than Vivid

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Further, Take heed that you faithfully perform the business you have to do in the world, from a regard to the commands of God; and not from an ambitious desire of being esteemed better than others.

~David Brainerd

Topics: Ambitious Being Better Business Commands Desire Esteemed Faithfully Further God Heed Others Perform Regard Take Than World You

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Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government had the power to issue commands to the several sovereign states, but it had no authority to govern individuals directly.

~David Souter

Topics: Articles Authority Commands Confederation Directly Govern Government Had Individuals Issue National Power Several Sovereign States

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A double bind is far worse than a straightforward damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't dilemma. It requires you to obey two mutually exclusive commands: Anything you do to fulfill one violates the other.

~Deborah Tannen

Topics: Anything Bind Commands Dilemma Double Exclusive Far Fulfill Mutually Mutually Exclusive Obey Other Requires Straightforward Than Two Violates Worse You

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Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.

~Denis Diderot

Topics: Acquired Commands Force Him Lasts Long Obey Only Over Power Prevails Those Violence Who

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Border collies were trained in Scotland. They have the Scots' commands in their genes. At the dog trials, the owners wear those three-piece western suits, cowboy boots and 10-gallon hats, but they carry Scots shepherd's crooks over their arms and talk to their dogs in Scots accents.

~Donald Mccaig

Topics: Accents Arms Boots Border Carry Commands Cowboy Crooks Dog Dogs Genes Hats Over Owners Scotland Shepherd Suits Talk Those Trained Trials Wear Were Western

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If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.

~Edmund Burke

Topics: Command Commands Free Indeed Our Poor Rich Shall Us Wealth

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The three hundredth anniversary of the Salem witch trials of 1692 comes at a time when witchcraft commands a scholarly attention that would have been puzzling in 1892 or even in 1792.

~Edmund Morgan

Topics: Anniversary Attention Been Commands Even Puzzling Scholarly Three Time Trials Witch Witchcraft Would

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A fast is not a hunger strike. Fasting submits to God's commands. A hunger strike makes God submit to our demands.

~Edwin Louis Cole

Topics: Commands Demands Fast Fasting God Hunger Makes Our Strike Submit

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Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.

~Eldridge Cleaver

Topics: Commands Due Given Itself Neither Nor Respect Withheld

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