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Letter "A" » arbiter
«The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men.»
Author: James Buchanan
(President)
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arbiter, arbiters, ballot, ballots, ballot box, disputes, surest
«Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the mind»
«Standardized testing has become the arbiter of social mobility, yet there is more regulation of the food we feed our pets that of the tests we give our kids»
Author: Robert Schaeffer
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arbiter, arbiters, feed, mobility, pets, regulation, regulations, standardized, testing, tests
«When I disagree with a rational man, I let reality be our final arbiter; if I am right, he will learn; if I am wrong, I will; one of us will win, but both will profit.»
«The chief reason warfare is still with us is neither a secret death-wish of the human species, nor an irrepressible instinct of aggression, nor, finally and more plausibly, the serious economic and social dangers inherent in disarmament, but the simple fact that no substitute for this final arbiter in international affairs has yet appeared on the political scene.»
«PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. Formerly these disputes were settled by physical contact of the disputants, with such simple arguments as the rudimentary logic of the times could supply --the sword, the spear, and so forth. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the projectile came more and more into favor, and is now held in high esteem by the most courageous. Its capital defect is that it requires personal attendance at the point of propulsion.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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«Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter.»
Author: Franklin D. Roosevelt
(President)
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allowing, arbiter, arbiters, at loggerheads, conflicting, positions, work at
«Thus supported by a firm trust in the Great Arbiter of the Universe, aided by the collected wisdom of the Union, and imploring the divine benediction on our joint exertions in the service of our country, I readily engage with you in the arduous but p»
Author: George Washington
(President)
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aided, arbiter, arbiters, arduous, benediction, benedictions, collected, divine service, engage, exertions, implore, imploring, joint, readily, supported, The Service, the union
«A man's own character is the arbiter of his fortune.»
Author: Publilius Syrus
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arbiter
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