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  • “He therefore who opposes the grant of such revenue, not only opposes himself to the Dictates of Justice, but he labors to continue the War, and of Consequence to shed more blood, to produce more Devastation and to extend and prolong the Miseries of Mankind.”

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • “He therefore who opposes the grant of such revenue, not only opposes himself to the Dictates of Justice, but he labors to continue the War, and of Consequence to shed more blood, to produce more Devastation and to extend and prolong the Miseries of Mankind.”

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • James Gordon "Cyclops" Brown - Dictates a New Years message to the plebs.

    James Gordon "Cyclops" Brown - Dictates a New Years message to the plebs. FIDO The Dog 2009

  • [H] ow many of us daily make that a matter of Faith which indeed belongs to Science, by adhering blindly to the Dictates of some famous Philosopher in Physical Truths, the Principles of which we have as much right to examine, and to make deductions from 'em as he had?

    Mary Astell Sowaal, Alice 2008

  • Then it was, that I esteem'd every Thing that she lik'd, and she approv'd whatsoever I commended; and this according to the Dictates of our natural

    Exilius 2008

  • Slumbers, which much refresh'd my weary Body and more weary Mind, rendering me a little capable of acting according to the Dictates of

    The Amours of Bosvil and Galesia 2008

  • Slumbers, which much refresh'd my weary Body and more weary Mind, rendering me a little capable of acting according to the Dictates of

    The Amours of Bosvil and Galesia 2008

  • Sophisms, and therefore pursu'd the Dictates of her own Fancy; and, like

    Exilius 2008

  • Absence, to which I answer'd according to the Dictates of my childish

    Exilius 2008

  • Do you like to see other countries control our ‘untapped oil’ because their interests Dictates that?

    Think Progress » Murtha Plans To Deny Bush Funding For Troop Escalation 2007

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