All 14 Uses of
dictate
in
Profiles in Courage
- But acting without selfish motive or private bias, those who follow the dictates of an intelligent conscience are not aristocrats, demagogues, eccentrics or callous politicians insensitive to the feelings of the public.†
Chpt 0.1
- The country is so totally given up to the spirit of party that not to follow blindfolded the one or the other is an expiable offence…… Between both, I see the impossibility of pursuing the dictates of my own conscience withoutsacrificing every prospect, not merely of advancement, but even of retaining that character and reputation I have enjoyed.†
Chpt 1.2
- But the peak of Con-gressional power passed as Presidents Hayes, Garfield, Arthur and Cleveland successfully resisted Senatorial attempts to dictate Presidential appointments, and the government returned to the more traditional American system of the Constitution's checks and balances.†
Chpt 3.0
- On August 5, 1867, President Johnson—convinced that the Secretary of War, whom he had inherited from Lincoln, Edwin M. Stanton, was the surreptitious tool of the Radical Republicans and was seeking to become the almighty dictator of the conquered South—asked for his immediate resignation; and Stanton arrogantly fired back the reply that he declined toresign before the next meeting of Congress.†
Chpt 3.6
- He had intentionally broken the law and dictatorially thwarted the will of Congress!†
Chpt 3.6 *
- I have taken an oath to do impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws, and trust that I shall have the courage to vote according to the dictates of my judgment and for the highest good of the country.†
Chpt 3.6
- For in the inner pocket of his threadbare black coat was a scrawled resolution which he had drafted years before—a resolution to have the House, rather than the Speaker, appoint the members of the Rules Committee itself, the Committee which completely dictated the House program and was in turn completely dominated by the Speaker.†
Chpt 4.8
- The most ruthless and autocratic Speaker in the history of the House of Representatives thereupon submitted his resignation; but George Norris, who insisted his fight was to end the dictatorial power of the office rather than to punishthe individual, voted against its acceptance.†
Chpt 4.8
- I have no desire to hold public office if I am expected blindly to follow in my official actions the dictation of a newspaper combination …. or be a rubber stamp even for the President of the United States.†
Chpt 4.8 *
- In those years prior to the establishment of the T.V.A., the Senator from Nebraska was the nation's most outspoken advocate of public power; and he believed that the "monopolistic power trust" had dictated the nomination of Hoover and the Republican platform.†
Chpt 4.8
- The New York Governor, he said, had risen above the dictates of Tammany, while the techniques employed by the Republican Convention would "make Tammany Hall appear as a white-robed saint."†
Chpt 4.8
- He was an unusual leader, for he lacked the fine arts of oratory and phrasemaking, he lacked blind devotion to the party line (unless he dictated it), and he lacked the politician's natural instinct to avoid controversial positions and issues.†
Chpt 4.9
- But not Calhoun: This House is at liberty to decide on this question according to the dictates of its best judgment.†
Chpt 4.10
- Yet the man who would later be a bold President—and father of an independent Senator and President—not only remained as counsel, but acquitted his clients of the murder charge, demonstrating to a packed courtroom that no evidence was at hand to show that the firing was malicious and without provocation: Whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.†
Chpt 4.10
Definitions:
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(dictate as in: Hitler dictated that...) issue commands or orders
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(dictate as in: dictate a letter) say out loud for the purpose of recording