The mandate you go with is intimidating and also is a source of respect that you gain, because you have come with this mandate from the United Nations.


Lakhdar Brahimi

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You cannot speak on behalf of a nation when you have no mandate to do so.
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This is our mandate.
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Not one word in this bill mandates that the equipment be put to use.... But there is no mandate that...
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Where you are with what you have, what you can do.
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You gave me a mandate for peace and tranquility, not war,
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The United States defends its sovereignty, the Canadian government will defend our sovereignty. ... ...
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Go with the flow even if there are rapids ahead.
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This sends a clear message to Mark Thompson that he is out of touch with his staff. We have been giv...
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Any time you mandate something, you're going to have more resistance to it.
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I can't even
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You no longer live for your pleasures once you understand kingdom mandate
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We discussed...in broad strokes, the aid that's already going to help the Afghan people, ... the nee...
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Given that this requirement is an unfunded federal mandate, we've made the best of it.
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If we don't take this opportunity and step up and replace the incredibly inept leadership at ICANN, ...
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Godliness with contentment is rare.
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The mandate we have as Jews is for the story of the Exodus from Egypt to be retold every generation.
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I'm fucking the grave, I thought, I'm bringing the dead back to life...
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The problem with losing your anonymity is that you can never go back.
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It doesn't work well to mandate that from the state.
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It's not a federal mandate, ... It's an opportunity for your community, on a grass roots basis, to c...
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We have a complete specification, that meets the [IEEE] mandate.
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That's it really; it's all love, whichever way you look at it, it's all love. How much you can Get f...
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We have helped to organize the United Nations. We believe it will stop aggressor nations from starti...
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We need more troops with a clearer mandate to protect civilians.
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The judges should be the first people to respect the law, and the law has given the commission a cle...
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This is not a legally binding document. It does not mandate that any of these things move forward.
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Everything has it's own time and place, Transformation becomes effortless when we go with the flow.
SHELLI THOMPSON
What problem we have as a municipality is we have a mandate that comes without any funds.
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There could be some compromise, but I think we have to stick to the provisions of the treaty, and th...
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There is no reason to mandate all of those cameras unless you one day see them being linked up to th...
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Without the mandate, it would not have been necessary to raise this year.
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As a physician and a U.S. senator, I have warned since the very beginning about many troubling aspec...
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The company has to abide by the mandate that the court issues. That is, the court says, 'You must do...
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In the United States, it's the mandate of the FBI to gather information relating to terrorism, g...
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The day will last for sometime. But at night, when I am with you, it last forever.
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This convention is actually about trade clearly exceeds the mandate of UNESCO, ... deeply flawed and...
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When we terminate this mandate, we have no authority to hand it over to the UN. This is not our busi...
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We have a mandate ... to protect ... the treaties, to ensure that they're there and that we don't gi...
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Without someone speaking into your life and keeping you on track with the things you believe, you ha...
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That was seen as a mandate,
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Great balls of fire. Don't bother me anymore, and don't call me sugar.
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The love you get, is equal to the love you give.
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When I was campaigning, I told the people if nothing happens under my mandate it will still be a pos...
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To discover strategy is to fulfill mandate
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The source of infinite wisdom in this infinite universe is that you are blessed with infinite love.
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Self-serving mentality hinders from fulfilling kingdom mandate
SUNDAY ADELAJA
To rebuild this country will take a long time but we have the mandate and the people support us.
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We have a constitution that we have today which is the most enlightened in that part of the world, ....
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