dictum
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His war aims run athwart the Napoleonic dictum: If you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
The government held, and Hamilton got the economy running again using Bagehot’s dictum External link: “Lend freely, at a penalty rate, against good collateral.”
From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026
Since then, Huxley’s dictum of “man remaining man” has become stretched.
From Slate • Jul. 28, 2025
They are the ones who hold official secrets or, as one explains, uphold the ancient dictum, “the servants have no ears,” and resolve not to hear them.
From Salon • Mar. 20, 2025
If Clausewitz’s dictum is so subtle, complex, and misunderstood, how is the reader being enlightened by being told it is false?
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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