Hannah More

The wretch who digs the mine for bread, or ploughs, that others may be fed, feels less fatigued than that decreed to him who cannot think or read.

English Writer

Stephen Hawking

I believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by God, but God does not intervene to break the laws.

English Physicist

Baruch Spinoza

Sin cannot be conceived in a natural state, but only in a civil state, where it is decreed by common consent what is good or bad.

Dutch Philosopher

Jim Beaver

More and more, I've started to understand that no show is dead unless somebody decrees it's dead at a studio.

American Actor

Sandi Toksvig

The problem with money issued by any government is that its only value is what those in charge decree.

British Writer

Erma Bombeck

Who in their infinite wisdom decreed that Little League uniforms be white? Certainly not a mother.

American Journalist

Felix Frankfurter

It must take account of what it decrees for today in order that today may not paralyze tomorrow.

American Judge

Virgil

Cease to think that the decrees of the gods can be changed by prayers.

Roman Poet

Tom Malinowski

We believe in rule of law not rule by decree.

Danny K. Davis

I don't think you decree political positions.

American Politician

A decree has the power to enforce law or policy, similar to legislation.

Legally Binding

Decrees are formal and authoritative, not casual suggestions.

Official Pronouncement

Decrees are often associated with monarchies and historical rulings.

Historical Usage

When someone decrees, they exercise their authority, often at a high level.

Authority Exercised

Decree as a verb is a one-way communication, not open to discussion or debate.

Not a Dialogue

To decree something implies a serious and formal declaration.

Formal Proclamation

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 with custom fittings, carved and gilded ornamentation, and seasonal fabrics, like silk and velvet. However, the majority of gondolas seen today are black because in 1562, Venetian authorities decreed that all but ceremonial gondolas be painted black

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 Much more important, it was the first multicultural, multifaith state on a huge scale. And it had to be run in a quite new way. It had to be run in different languages. The fact that this decree is in Babylonian says one thing.

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 decreed that anyone who wanted to hold that record had to do so with essentially the same equipment that Eddy Merckx used in 1972. Where does the record stand today? 30 miles, 4,657 feet, a grand total of 883 feet

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 Abraham Lincoln legally changed the status of over 3 million enslaved blacks across ten states from slave to free. His Emancipation Proclamation wasn't a law, or a presidential decree. It was an executive order.

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 soft fur, and sharp claws. Meanwhile, Prometheus shaped the first humans out of mud. He formed them in the image of the gods, but Zeus decreed they were too remain mortal