#authorities

Surely it is time to examine into the meaning of words and the nature of things, and to arrive at simple facts, not received upon the dictum of learned authorities, but upon attentive personal observation of what is passing around us. ↗

— Francis Wright

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We have, therefore, directed the Irish Army authorities to have field hospitals established in County Donegal adjacent to Derry and at other points along the Border where they may be necessary. ↗

— Jack Lynch

#army #authorities #border #county #directed

We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth. ↗

— Lucretia Mott

#bind #often #ourselves #rather #than

We sincerely ask the Beijing authorities across the Strait to view the election result from a positive perspective, to accept the democratic decision of the Taiwanese people. ↗

— Chen Shui-bian

#across #ask #authorities #beijing #decision

A great many things have been pronounced untrue and absurd, and even impossible, by the highest authorities in the age in which they lived, which have afterwards, and, indeed, within a very short period, been found to be both possible and true. ↗

— Catherine Crowe

#afterwards #age #authorities #been #both

Everywhere that the struggle for national freedom has triumphed, once the authorities agreed, there were military coups d'etat that overthrew their leaders. That is the result time and time again. ↗

— Ahmed Ben Bella

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I have been told by hospital authorities that more copies of my works are left behind by departing patients than those of any other author. ↗

— Robert Benchley

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The central role in the fight against terrorism is with national authorities. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

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Trade wars aren't started by countries appealing to respected, independent trade authorities. Rather, trade wars begin when one country decides to violate international trade rules to undercut another country's industries. ↗

— Ron Wyden

#appealing #authorities #begin #countries #country

Only one thing is certain: if pot is legalized, it won't be for our benefit but for the authorities. To have it legalized will also be to lose control of it. ↗

— Germaine Greer

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