Decreeing

But Frederick utterly rejected the idea of decreeing on his own authority innovations which would constitute a deviation from the great Christian Catholic Church, more especially as opinions were not agreed on them even at Wittenberg. ❋ Julius Koestlin (N/A)

Colorado voters basically pissed on the idea of decreeing that life starts at conception. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Worst of all is that we can't even complain about such limitations by filling the forums with texts or images of protest, or decreeing a blackout day on the social networks. ❋ Yoani Sanchez (2012)

Only Dunst's Justine exists, shrouded in solipsism and selfishness, the sort of bubble that allows you to think you make your own rules such as decreeing a Dogma declaration and say dumb things and that all your acolytes will still think you're wonderful. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Or that NASA just decreeing the decade ended 2009 as being called “the warmest on record” should be dismissed? ❋ Unknown (2010)

There's so much more power in decreeing that the awful detours you may have endured served their purpose of prodding you into the place you now reside, without giving energy to them. ❋ Meryl Davids Landau (2011)

Kind of like decreeing that avoiding the possibility of profiling trumps any possibility of controlling illegal immigration. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The dismal worldview reaches its apogee in the rightwing blogosphere, where pundits parade as anarchists but subtly entrench hopelessness by decreeing every call for public virtue to be a cover for private vice. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I realize that the distinction between giving the executive branch the authority to commit “all necessary and appropriate force” against al Qaeda, and decreeing that “any suspected act of terrorism by al Qaeda immediately renders the suspect an enemy combatant with no rights whatsoever” is a tricky one for someone with authoritarian political leanings to understand. ❋ Unknown (2010)

By decreeing a "political process" with a predetermined outcome, the withdrawal of the Syrian army from the streets with no parallel demand on armed rebel groups, and full implementation within 21 days – with a provision for "further measures" in the event of "non-compliance" – it also paved the way for foreign military intervention. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Two weeks ago, her government raised further uncertainty among oil and gas companies, by decreeing that they, along with mining companies, had to repatriate all of their export revenue. ❋ Ilan Brat (2011)

Thus, in August he officially redoubled his efforts to control inflation by decreeing the "law of costs and fair prices." ❋ Mary Anastasia O'Grady (2011)