obedience

Example Sentences

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The Guards Corps said in a statement it was "ready for complete obedience and self-sacrifice in carrying out the divine commands" of the younger Khamenei.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

It is about the importance to society of “obedience to the unenforceable”: “the obedience of a man to that which he cannot be forced to obey.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

In Nazi Germany, for instance, soldiers took a “holy oath” of “unconditional obedience to the Leader of the German Reich and people, Adolf Hitler, supreme commander of the armed forces.”

From Slate • Nov. 21, 2025

“When he was younger, way before we knew we were doing this, he had some basic obedience training,” Fischer noted.

From Salon • Oct. 3, 2025

The Nazis called this philosophy the “leadership principle,” and it required absolute obedience to superiors.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti