#elders

The functions of these elders, therefore, determine the power of the people; for a representative is one chosen by others to do in their name what they are entitled to do in their own persons; or rather to exercise the powers which radically inhere in those for whom they act. ↗

— Charles Hodge

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The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something harder to shock. ↗

— Ben Lindsey

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You will be courteous to your elders who have explored to the point from which you may advance; and helpful to your juniors who will progress farther by reason of your labors. ↗

— Abbott L. Lowell

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I did get bullied and I did get picked on and I did have that feeling in my gut of being incredibly self-conscious. I naturally gravitated towards my elders because I didn't know how to speak or be present with my peers. ↗

— Heather Matarazzo

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For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is censored by their elders. ↗

— Margaret Mead

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Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it is censored by their elders. ↗

— Margaret Mead

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Comrade Deng Xiaoping - along with other party elders - gave the party leadership their firm and full support to put down the political disturbance using forceful measures. ↗

— Li Peng

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Ruling elders are declared to be the representatives of the people. ↗

— Charles Hodge

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I did get a very fine education, and not just in science. It took some pressure on the part of my elders to convince me that I really should take an interest in humanities. ↗

— Joshua Lederberg

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