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Letter "C" » council
«Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.»
Author: Herbert Clark Hoover
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council, council table, Hearts of, peace treaty, The Council, Treaties, treaty
«I never held a council of war in my life. I heard what men had to say - the stream of talk at headquarters - but I made up my own mind, and from my written orders my staff got their first knowledge of what was to be done. No living man knew of plans»
Author: Ulysses S. Grant
(President)
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council, council of, headquarters, orders, staff, staffed, staffs, staff of life, stream
«There must be no majority decisions, but only responsible persons, and the word 'council' must be restored to its original meaning. Surely every man will have advisers by his side, but the decision will be made by one man.»
Author: Adolf Hitler
(Chancellor)
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adviser, advisers, be restored, council, council of, decision, decisions, majority, one-man, original, original meaning, persons, restored, restores, restoring, surely
«Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.»
«Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; / But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses, / And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.»
«There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.»
«Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.»
«On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.»
«Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council, / Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.»
Author: Bible
| Keywords:
council, resurrection of the dead, The Council, The Resurrection, this one
«Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me? / And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would enquire somewhat of him more perfectly.»
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