| The truth of the dictum has been demonstrated in history, both ancient and recent, time and again. |
| The European project's founder Jean Monnet turned this into a dictum for the organisation of the European Union. |
| Mr Morris emphasised the importance of a consensus between the three parties being reached, rather than a ministerial dictum imposed. |
| Apparently, the new dictum in the National Party is that if women members disagree with their leader, they are gone by lunchtime. |
| In conjunction, increasingly in evidence are the effects predicted by the dictum that all wars are politics by other means. |
| It was yet another example of the old dictum that racing can be a very cruel sport. |
