#obey

I would not like a king who could obey. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

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The old sergeant from headquarters treats me like a son and takes the greatest pride in whatever I do or write. He regularly assigns me now to certain doors, and I always obey orders like the little gentleman that I am. ↗

— Richard H. Davis

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Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey. ↗

— Denis Diderot

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Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey. ↗

— John Dryden

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I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution. ↗

— James Thomson

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The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs. ↗

— Voltaire

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I saw my parents as gods whose every wish must be obeyed or I would suffer the penalty of anguish and guilt. ↗

— Natalie Wood

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