auto da fé - the ceremony accompanying the pronouncement of judgment by the Inquisition and followed by the execution of sentence by the secular authorities; broadly : the burning of a heretic from M-W.COM
"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral. Returning violence with violence only multiplies violence adding deeper darkness already devoid of stars" - paraphrasing - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Chopin piece played during the concert - Etude in C Minor "Revolutionary", Opus 10, No. 12 - both Real and Windows Media (12.) Thanks to Linda Mayberry
propagate - 1 : to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction 2 : to pass along to offspring 3 a : to cause to spread out and affect a greater number or greater area : extend b : to foster growing knowledge of, familiarity with, or acceptance of (as an idea or belief) : publicize c : to transmit (as sound or light) through a medium from M-W.COM
promulgate - 1 : to make known by open declaration : proclaim 2 a : to make known or public the terms of (a proposed law) b : to put (a law) into action or force from M-W.COM
martial law - 1 : the law applied in occupied territory by the military authority of the occupying power 2 : the law administered by military forces that is invoked by a government in an emergency when the civilian law enforcement agencies are unable to maintain public order and safety
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, [nor prohibited by it to the States,] are reserved to the States respectively ... - Tenth Amendment
"... [I contend that we are the finest race in the world and that] the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for the human race." - Cecil John Rhodes from Confession of Faith
"Is the present war a struggle for a just and secure peace, or only for a new balance of power? ... There must be not only a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized common peace." - Woodrow Wilson from Why We Are At War
"We have to cure ourselves of the itch for absolute knowledge and power. We have to close the distance between the push-button order and the human act. We have to touch people." - Jacob Bronowski from The Ascent of Man
"Humanity and good policy conspire to dictate, that the benign prerogative of pardoning should be as little as possible fettered or embarrassed." - from Federalist Paper No. 74 written by Alexander Hamilton
"The lash of the dictator will be felt and 25 million free American citizens will for the first time submit themselves to a fingerprint test." - Republican Congressman Daniel Reed
"Never in the history of the world has any measure been brought in here so insidiously designed as to prevent business recovery, enslave workers, and to prevent any possibility of the employers providing work for the people." - Republican Congressman John Taber
"In the Koran, God commanded to kill the wicked and those who do not see the rights of the oppressed and to murder them. [Today we must all hear the sound of the cries of our oppressed brethren in Palestine and mobilize to protect them.] If we abide by the Koran, all of us should mobilize to kill." - President Mohammad Khatami not Alijani
"If we fight a war and win it with H-bombs, what history will remember is not the ideals we were fighting for but the methods we used to accomplish them. These methods will be compared to the warfare of Genghis Khan who ruthlessly killed every last inhabitant of Persia." - Hans Bethe
Mulligan - A second shot permitted without penalty. Usually only one is allowed per round and is limited to tee shots although the number can be agreed upon by players before the round begins.
"We are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it." - A letter from Thomas Jefferson to William Roscoe
" ... and while the King was looking down
The Jester stole his thorny crown
[The courtroom was adjourned]
No verdict was returned" - American Pie - song lyrics
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