#precedent

I take great pride in having been able to overcome the Asian financial crisis and seeking the opportunities available to bring about an unprecedented growth in the economy. ↗

— Zhu Rongji

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Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure. ↗

— Sallust

#every #justifiable #measure #originated #precedent

It is individuals who must be encouraged to undertake the unprecedented - and unprecedentedly profitable - effort to prevent the annihilation of the human race. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

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At an unprecedented time with the worst attack ever on our soil, our President displayed extraordinary determination, leadership and resolve when history was thrust upon him and the United States. ↗

— Olympia Snowe

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The Election Assistance Commission represents a major, unprecedented commitment from the federal government to sustained freedom and vibrant democracy. I am humbled by the prospect of being one its charter members. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

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Stability means respecting precedents. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#precedents #respecting #stability

Surely our inaction with respect to Syria is a poor precedent if we're fighting a war on terror. ↗

— Bill Kristol

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The glory of each generation is to make its own precedents. ↗

— Belva Lockwood

#generation #glory #make #own #precedents

This, it may be said, is no more than a hypothesis... only of that force of precedent which in all times has been so strong to keep alive religious forms of which the original meaning is lost. ↗

— William Robertson Smith

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We have actually experienced in recent months a dramatic demonstration of an unprecedented intelligence failure, perhaps the most significant intelligence failure in the history of the United States. ↗

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

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