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• s  designated or chosen by yourself
  a self-appointed guardian of public morals

• To try to save as much as they could, by whatever means they could, was the self-appointed task of the self-appointed leaders of what was left of France.
• There are, of course, the Minutemen, the self-appointed border vigilantes who operate in several states.
• The latest outrage came from second-string TV personality and self-appointed social commentator Pascal Sevran, whose recently published book included the obscenely racist idea that .

News & Articles

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• Ricky Schwartz's Killer Revealed! See Val Finally Crack The 'Awkward.' Case [Video]
  All season long, Val's demanding job as Palos Hills High's guidance counselor has taken a backseat to her self-appointed role as town detective. Obsessed with uncovering the truth behind Ricky Schwartz's untimely death-by-peanut, she completely ignored Jenna's relationship issues to seek out answers to this much darker mystery. But worry not, friends, because the school's wise elder has [...]
  June 12, 2013 - MTV
• George Zimmerman trial enters jury selection
  The story of Trayvon Martin began its long-awaited next phase on Monday as George Zimmerman faced his first day of trial. More than  a year ago, on Feb. 26, 2012, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was walking through a gated community in Sanford, Fla., where he was visiting his father. A self-appointed neighborhood watchman, George Zimmerman, spotted Martin from his car. Thinking Martin looked ...
  June 11, 2013 - PRI Public Radio International
• Senate's immigration 'gang' will bungle guest worker quotas (Column)
  The late Sen. J.W. Fulbright of Arkansas warned 40 years ago about the "arrogance of power," but it is alive and well in the U.S. Senate today. The world's greatest deliberative body has devolved to an order run by self-appointed "gangs" who seek to run the country without the nuisance of committees, other less important senators, or public input.
  June 10, 2013 - The Register Citizen

Quotes

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• Vice President Dick Cheney in International Herald Tribune
  It's time the self-appointed strategists on Capitol Hill understood a very simple concept: You cannot win a war if you tell the enemy you're going to quit,Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday at a Republican fundraising luncheon.
• Ehud Olmert in Newsweek
  Appearing angry and reading from a prepared text, Olmert said, "I was forced to defend myself against relentless attacks from self-appointed 'fighters for justice' who sought to depose me from my position, when the ends sanctified all the means."
• Michael Gawenda in Sydney Morning Herald
  He lashed out at his critics, which have included the former Herald editor Eric Beecher and the former Age editor Michael Gawenda, saying it was "galling to have to listen to the self-appointed experts prattle from the sidelines".