dictum

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She quoted Fredric Jameson’s dictum that “it is easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism.”

From New York Times

The selection includes dictums such as “there is virtue in pleasure,” lettered in neon script or inscribed into a mirror.

From Washington Post

Let’s grant George F. Will’s dictum that “All laws regulating campaigns are enacted by people with conflicts of interest — interests in advantaging themselves and disadvantaging challengers.”

From Washington Post

Maybe we’re seeing a Middle East version of President Biden’s dictum that the best foreign policy is to “build back better” at home.

From Washington Post

Reading this book, I was reminded repeatedly of Big Brother’s dictum in Orwell’s “1984”: “He who controls the past, controls the future; he who controls the present controls the past.”

From Washington Post