Precedent Quotes
Words on the standards we set, for better or worse.
These precedent quotes range from a warning that every bad precedent once looked like a reasonable choice, to a champion recalling that his win made him the sole Canadian ever to claim that belt. Together they capture how one decision, once made, tends to become the rule everyone else follows.
When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.
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It was a sight surpassing all precedent, and one we never dreamed of seeing.
As federal lawmakers, we have a responsibility to set a precedent for energy efficient practices.
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Federal lawmakers also appear here, pointing to their duty to model energy-efficient habits that other officials will later be expected to follow. Whether the setting is a courtroom, a boxing ring, or a legislature, these lines show a precedent rarely gets reversed once it exists.
