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Lest conservatives be too proud, it's worth recalling that conservatism's rise was decisively enabled by liberalism's weakness. ↗

— Bill Kristol

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I explained that we would like to adjust our position on the Syrian question to theirs, as, in our view, they are the decisive factor in our relations with our neighbors, and Syria is unimportant. ↗

— Moshe Sharett

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When you're offered things, it makes it so much easier to be indecisive. And it's silly because you can pass on some really amazing things. ↗

— Alicia Silverstone

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Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; one must know when to blend force with a maneuver, a blow with an agreement. ↗

— Leon Trotsky

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The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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Whenever in future wars the battle is fought, armored troops will play the decisive role. ↗

— Heinz Guderian

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The grounding in natural sciences which I obtained in the course of my medical studies, including preliminary examinations in botany, zoology, physics, and chemistry, was to become decisive in determining the trend of my literary work. ↗

— Johannes Vilhelm Jensen

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It is against this concept of the sovereign state, a state isolated by protectionism and militarism, that internationalism must now engage in decisive battle. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

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If diffraction or interference phenomena were to be sought it was therefore necessary, in accordance with the basic principles of wave theory, to select for the test arrangement far smaller decisive dimensions than those employed in corresponding tests with visible light. ↗

— Max von Laue

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If I decide to be indecisive, that's my decision. ↗

— Roger McGough

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