Quotes About Edict

James II's second wife, an Italian Catholic princess called Mary (at the time, there was an edict whereby all female royals were to be called Mary to confuse future readers of history books)

The citizens of the United Kingdom did not, however, know this, for the most part. And much moralizing went along with this edict: those who followed "the rules" were lauded in the press; those who asked questions were derided as "COVID deniers" who wanted to "kill Grandma.

The council must issue an edict. Any man heard speaking of incest or calling Joff a bastard should lose his tongue for it." "A prudent measure," said Grand Maester Pycelle, his chain of office clinking as he nodded. "A folly," sighed Tyrion. "When you tear out a man's tongue you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.

The Kissingers descended from Meyer Löb (1767–1838), a Jewish teacher from Kleineibstadt who in 1817 took his surname from his adopted home of Bad Kissingen (complying with an 1813 Bavarian edict that required Jews to have surnames).47 By his first wife he had two children

The entire party and country should hurl into the fire and break the neck of anyone who dared trample underfoot the sacred edict of the party on the defense of women's rights.

edict of the Portuguese king, announced on November 13, 1504

In February 1720 an edict was published, which, instead of restoring the credit of the paper, as was intended, destroyed it irrecoverably, and drove the country to the very brink of revolution...

No, no! said the Queen. Sentence firstverdict afterwards.

The Bush National Security Strategy is the imperial edict of a superpower out to exploit its present supremacy to make itself permanent Lord Protector of the universe.

Between the court edict and manipulation, not a single word or note has been passed or been allowed between us since she was seven.

Within two years of Lenin's edict more than thirty bishops and 1,200 priests had been killed and thousands more jailed.

You must remember how many years we weren't even allowed to talk about AIDS here," my mother reminds me. "It was all a dreadful secret. Herbert Ushewekunze, the minister of health, issued an edict, a ministerial fatwa, that there was to be absolutely no publicity at all. And later he died of it himself.

It is legal because I wish it.

What happened next was an amazing testament to the ongoing power that the Dalai Lama exercises in Tibet. The travelers returned to Tibet, and many of them immediately burned their tiger skins, even though they were worth approximately two years' wages apiece. By this act, they honored the Dalai Lama's edict to end the exploitation of Asia's tigers.

If Jucundus will listen to me," said Aristo, "I could satisfy him that the Christians are actually falling off. They once were numerous in this very place; now there are hardly any. They have been declining for these fifty years; the danger from them is past. Do you want to know how to revive them? Put out an imperial edict, forbid them, denounce them.

The edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom—and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.”

When the kingís command and edict had been proclaimed, many young women gathered at the citadel of Susa under the care of Hegai. Esther was also taken to the palace and placed under the care of Hegai, the custodian of the women.

A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that they would be ready on that day.

The couriers left, spurred on by the kingís command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.

A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

The couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the command of the king. And the edict was also issued in the citadel of Susa.

Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out todayís edict, and may the bodies of Hamanís ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”