Sentence examples for and dictum from inspiring English sources

Good governance in a democratic society is about the art of the deal, not fiats and dictum.

Blasi characterized this decision as an "absolutely important precedent and dictum in terms of the good fight against First Amendment absolutism" and in that way is harmonious with Shiffrin's arguments in his book.

What the Court relies upon is the mere dictum, rendered in the course of this opinion (and dictum in a footnote, at that), that "summary action here does not have the same precedential effect as does a case decided upon full briefing and argument". Id., at 651, n. 1, 107 S.Ct., at 2047 n. 1.

His posture — shoulders and head reared slightly back, like George Washington in John Trumbull's painting of Washington resigning as Commander-in-Chief — projects a preference for input over output, even when he's letting loose his queries and dictums.

And at the core of Silicon Valley are certain self-mythologies and dictums: Everything is different now, data reigns supreme, today's winners deserve to triumph because they are cleareyed enough to discard yesterday's conventional wisdoms and search out the disruptive and the new.

They are oppressive to kids, but, even more importantly, they are oppressive to parents, who follow dogma and dictums in deciding how to raise their kids rather than using their own instincts.

Even as a child I was aware that many things weren't ideal about Synanon and its ever-changing philosophies and dictums, but my early years in a multi-racial community, where mixed marriages and multi-racial identities were normalized, have shaped me for the better in ways I will probably never fully understand.

It's time to embrace efficiency and innovation, and the dictum of the London School of Economics co-founder George Bernard Shaw: "Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything".

Coyle proved the point in a Swedish copper mine and then academia, and the dictum also applies to his book.

It is the GOP's acceptance of white racism — the reason segregationist Strom Thurmond left the Democratic Party — and is an extreme version of Reaganism and his dictum that "government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem". In a way Ronald Reagan did not intend, that is certainly the case now.

It's hard work being so hip – witness Kate Moss and her dictum, "nothing tastes as good as skinny feels".