He said the people of a state or territory had the right to decide for themselves.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

"Every state and territory must decide for itself what these rights will be.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

Some northern senators believed that Chief Justice Taney would decide for slavery.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

Individual school districts will have to decide for themselves.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

"That has to be as part of a larger process of trying to give Muslims in that region not just a voice in the political process, but give them an opportunity to actually decide for themselves who it is that they want to lead them."

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

A study was made to decide which would be a better place for the canal -- Panama or Nicaragua.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

Habeas corpus is a legal term for the right to have a judge decide if a person is being detained lawfully.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

Technology has also made it easier for other people to decide what to give the couple for a wedding gift.

VOA: special.2010.08.09

But it was hard for the judges to decide about most other traits under the controlled conditions.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

When the project is completed, farmers will be able to get information that will help them decide what to plant and how to care for their land.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

He says it will be difficult for Iraqi security forces to stop Sunni attacks, unless Sunnis themselves decide to stop them as they did in two thousand seven.

VOA: special.2009.08.22

"You must decide that for yourself," Tyler said.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the leader of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, says President Obama is right to decide strategy, then troop strength, for Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

"It is a lot easier for firms to make the decision not to lay someone off than it is actually to decide to take someone on,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.06