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title: "424 Propositions Quotes by 329 authors"
description: "Browse 424 Propositions quotes by 329 authors. Discover the best Propositions sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Propositions become either pure or impure, not true or false.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lilla/propositions-become-either-pure-or-impure-not-true-or-false/)

[Mark Lilla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lilla/)

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> [The cabinet has no propositions to make, but orders to give.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-gaulle/the-cabinet-has-no-propositions-to-make-but-orders-to-give/)

[Charles de Gaulle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-gaulle/)

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> [It means nothing to be open to a proposition we don't understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sagan/it-means-nothing-to-be-open-to-a-proposition-we-don-t-understand/)

[Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sagan/)

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> [I'd say pot has been a break-even proposition for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-carlin/i-d-say-pot-has-been-a-break-even-proposition-for-me/)

[George Carlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-carlin/)

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> [Elementary propositions consist of names.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/elementary-propositions-consist-of-names/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

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> [Abstract propositions should never be discussed by a legislative body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchanan/abstract-propositions-should-never-be-discussed-by-a-legislative-body/)

[James Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchanan/)

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> [The above proposition is occasionally useful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-above-proposition-is-occasionally-useful/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

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> [True love has always been a two-way proposition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-jones/true-love-has-always-been-a-two-way-proposition/)

[Jon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-jones/)

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> [A theorem is a proposition which is a strict logical consequence of certain definitions and other propositions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anatol-rapoport/a-theorem-is-a-proposition-which-is-a-strict-logical-consequence-of/)

[Anatol Rapoport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anatol-rapoport/)

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> [In a mathematical proposition, for example, the objectivity is given, but therefore its truth is also an indifferent truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soren-kierkegaard/in-a-mathematical-proposition-for-example-the-objectivity-is-given/)

[Soren Kierkegaard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soren-kierkegaard/)

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> [If you cannot state a proposition clearly and unambiguously, you do not understand it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-friedman/if-you-cannot-state-a-proposition-clearly-and-unambiguously-you-do/)

[Milton Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-friedman/)

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> [I would put forward a modest proposition that we were very much better governed by Henry VIII than we are by King…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-starkey/i-would-put-forward-a-modest-proposition-that-we-were-very-much/)

[David Starkey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-starkey/)

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> [You know, I have never had a casting couch proposition in my life. I thought there was something wrong with me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-maclaine/you-know-i-have-never-had-a-casting-couch-proposition-in-my-life-i/)

[Shirley MacLaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-maclaine/)

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> [Philosophy rests on a proposition that whatever is is right. Preaching begins by assuming that whatever is is wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/philosophy-rests-on-a-proposition-that-whatever-is-is-right-preaching/)

[Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/)

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> [A proposition is completely logically analyzed if its grammar is made completely clear: no matter what idiom it may be written or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/a-proposition-is-completely-logically-analyzed-if-its-grammar-is-made/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

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> [Define a winning proposition that is consumer right and delivers margin accretion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-silverstein/define-a-winning-proposition-that-is-consumer-right-and-delivers/)

[Michael J. Silverstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-silverstein/)

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> [I confess that Fermat's Theorem as an isolated proposition has very little interest for me, because I could easily lay down a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-friedrich-gauss/i-confess-that-fermat-s-theorem-as-an-isolated-proposition-has-very/)

[Carl Friedrich Gauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-friedrich-gauss/)

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> [Before you can pick a social-media strategy, you have to think of your customer and what the value proposition is for them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-roth/before-you-can-pick-a-social-media-strategy-you-have-to-think-of-your/)

[Carol Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-roth/)

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> [Branding adds spirit and a soul to what would otherwise be a robotic, automated, generic price-value proposition. If branding is ultimately about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-a-aaker/branding-adds-spirit-and-a-soul-to-what-would-otherwise-be-a-robotic/)

David A. Aaker

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> [Proposition VIII. When two Undulations, from different Origins, coincide either perfectly or very nearly in Direction, their joint effect is a Combination…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-young/proposition-viii-when-two-undulations-from-different-origins-coincide/)

[Thomas Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-young/)

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> [Notwithstanding their attacks on the basic conception of rationalism, on synthetic a priori judgments, that is, material propositions that cannot be contradicted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-horkheimer/notwithstanding-their-attacks-on-the-basic-conception-of-rationalism/)

[Max Horkheimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-horkheimer/)

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> [Try to un-gerrymander these districts so that you're not packing all the Democrats into one district, so you've got districts that are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/collin-peterson/try-to-un-gerrymander-these-districts-so-that-you-re-not-packing-all/)

[Collin Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/collin-peterson/)

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> [There will be a debate on Firing Line between Buckley and Gore Vidal on the proposition: "This nation cannot survive as long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-stanton-evans/there-will-be-a-debate-on-firing-line-between-buckley-and-gore-vidal/)

[M. Stanton Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-stanton-evans/)

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> [The French are a tremendously verbal race: they kill you with their assurances, their repetitions, their reasons, their platitudes, their formulae, their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/the-french-are-a-tremendously-verbal-race-they-kill-you-with-their/)

[Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/)

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> [All empty souls tend to extreme opinion. It is only in those who have built up a rich world of memories and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-butler-yeats/all-empty-souls-tend-to-extreme-opinion-it-is-only-in-those-who-have/)

[William Butler Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-butler-yeats/)

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> [The evidence is overwhelming that Planet Earth is being visited by intelligently controlled extraterrestrial spacecraft. In other words, SOME UFOs are alien…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanton-t-friedman/the-evidence-is-overwhelming-that-planet-earth-is-being-visited-by/)

[Stanton T. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanton-t-friedman/)

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> [It has often been argued that absolute scepticism is self-contradictory; but this is a mistake: and even if it were not so,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-sanders-peirce/it-has-often-been-argued-that-absolute-scepticism-is-self/)

[Charles Sanders Peirce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-sanders-peirce/)

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> [It is impossible to build sound constitutional doctrine upon a mistaken understanding of Constitutional history... The establishment clause has been expressly freighted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-rehnquist/it-is-impossible-to-build-sound-constitutional-doctrine-upon-a/)

[William Rehnquist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-rehnquist/)

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> [“Finally, the illusions of validity and skill are supported by a powerful professional culture. We know that people can maintain an unshakable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kahneman/finally-the-illusions-of-validity-and-skill-are-supported-by-a/)

[Daniel Kahneman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kahneman/)

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> [But in the prevalent discussion of classes, there are illegitimate transitions to the notions of a 'nexus' and of a 'proposition'. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-north-whitehead/but-in-the-prevalent-discussion-of-classes-there-are-illegitimate/)

[Alfred North Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-north-whitehead/)

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> [No it was not the novelty, and it was not the danger and the adventure (although these had their charm). It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pauline-gower/no-it-was-not-the-novelty-and-it-was-not-the-danger-and-the-adventure/)

Pauline Gower

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> [I am convinced that an electronic machine, no matter how smart and intelligent, being still a mere spatial structure in concept, can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kedar-joshi/i-am-convinced-that-an-electronic-machine-no-matter-how-smart-and/)

[Kedar Joshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kedar-joshi/)

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> [“As a rule, theologians know nothing of this world, and far less of the next; but they have the power of stating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-g-ingersoll/as-a-rule-theologians-know-nothing-of-this-world-and-far-less-of-the/)

[Robert G. Ingersoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-g-ingersoll/)

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> [The danger of tautological propositions is considerable in discussions of the concept of normal profits. Because supernormal profits seem to invite newcomers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fritz-machlup/the-danger-of-tautological-propositions-is-considerable-in/)

[Fritz Machlup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fritz-machlup/)

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> [When the mathematician says that such and such a proposition is true of one thing, it may be interesting, and it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-kasner/when-the-mathematician-says-that-such-and-such-a-proposition-is-true/)

[Edward Kasner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-kasner/)

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> [For what is meant by saying that a government ought to educate the people? Why should they be educated? What is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/for-what-is-meant-by-saying-that-a-government-ought-to-educate-the/)

[Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/)

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> [And here we come to the vital distinction between the advocacy of temperance and the advocacy of prohibition. Temperance and self-control are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/and-here-we-come-to-the-vital-distinction-between-the-advocacy-of/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

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> [The royalists of the economic order have conceded that political freedom was the business of the government, but they have maintained that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-d-roosevelt/the-royalists-of-the-economic-order-have-conceded-that-political/)

[Franklin D. Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franklin-d-roosevelt/)

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> [I am a political recidivist. An incorrigible, repeat voter. A career lever-pusher. My electoral rap sheet is as long as your arm.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-goodman/i-am-a-political-recidivist-an-incorrigible-repeat-voter-a-career/)

[Ellen Goodman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-goodman/)

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> [I rang my friend Jim Wolfensohn, who was then running a private commercial bank in New York. I said, "Come up to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/i-rang-my-friend-jim-wolfensohn-who-was-then-running-a-private/)

[Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/)

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                        "text": "Try to un-gerrymander these districts so that you're not packing all the Democrats into one district, so you've got districts that are competitive, so that you've got a shot at electing Democrats. But that's more a long-term proposition, if it can even be done.",
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                        "text": "The evidence is overwhelming that Planet Earth is being visited by intelligently controlled extraterrestrial spacecraft. In other words, SOME UFOs are alien spacecraft. Most are not. It's clear from the Opinion Polls and my own experience, that indeed most people accept the notion that SOME UFOs are alien spacecraft. The greater the education, the MORE likely to accept this proposition",
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                        "text": "It is impossible to build sound constitutional doctrine upon a mistaken understanding of Constitutional history... The establishment clause has been expressly freighted with Jefferson's misleading metaphor for nearly forty years... There is simply no historical foundation for the proposition that the framers intended to build a wall of separation... The recent court decisions are in no way based on either the language or intent of the framers.",
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                        "text": "But in the prevalent discussion of classes, there are illegitimate transitions to the notions of a 'nexus' and of a 'proposition'. The appeal to a class to perform the services of a proper entity is exactly analogous to an appeal to an imaginary terrier to kill a real rat. Process and Reality",
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                        "text": "No it was not the novelty, and it was not the danger and the adventure (although these had their charm). It was certainly not a passing whim (if it had been the hard work would have dispelled it in a very short time!). I think there were three chief reasons for my choice of career: First, a real love for, and interest in aviation Secondly, a determination to earn my own money and to make my career a paying proposition. Thirdly, a conviction that aviation was a profession of the future and therefore had room to welcome its new followers.",
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                        "text": "I am convinced that an electronic machine, no matter how smart and intelligent, being still a mere spatial structure in concept, can neither innovate nor even understand the self-evident proposition: 'No spatial structure can be a representation of any feeling'. Such innovation can only be a work of a non-spatial mind, like a human being, and only such innovation, it should be acknowledged, can pave the way for further scientific achievements.",
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                        "text": "“As a rule, theologians know nothing of this world, and far less of the next; but they have the power of stating the most absurd propositions with faces solemn as stupidity touched by fear. It is a part of their business to malign and vilify the Voltaires , Humes , Paines , Humboldts , Tyndalls, Haeckels , Darwins , Spencers , and Drapers, and to bow with uncovered heads before the murderers, adulterers, and persecutors of the world. They are, for the most part, engaged in poisoning the minds of the young, prejudicing children against science, teaching the astronomy and geology of the bible, and inducing all to desert the sublime standard of reason.”",
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                        "text": "The danger of tautological propositions is considerable in discussions of the concept of normal profits. Because supernormal profits seem to invite newcomers to an industry and sub-normal profits seem to drive away those who are in an industry, some writers are inclined to define normal profits as the earnings of the fixed resources in an industry which neither grows nor declines in size or number of firms. It should be clear that such a definition is useless: it muddles together attractiveness and actual afflux, desirbility of entry and ease of entry, zero profits and monopoly rents.",
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                        "text": "When the mathematician says that such and such a proposition is true of one thing, it may be interesting, and it is surely safe. But when he tries to extend his proposition to everything, though it is much more interesting, it is also much more dangerous. In the transition from one to all, from the specific to the general, mathematics has made its greatest progress, and suffered its most serious setbacks, of which the logical paradoxes constitute the most important part. For, if mathematics is to advance securely and confidently, it must first set its affairs in order at home.",
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                        "text": "And here we come to the vital distinction between the advocacy of temperance and the advocacy of prohibition. Temperance and self-control are convertible terms. Prohibition, or that which it implies, is the direct negation of the term self-control. In order to save the small percentage of men who are too weak to resist their animal desires, it aims to put chains on every man, the weak and the strong alike. And if this is proper in one respect, why not in all respects? Yet, what would one think of a proposition to keep all men locked up because a certain number have a propensity to steal?",
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                        "text": "The royalists of the economic order have conceded that political freedom was the business of the government, but they have maintained that economic slavery was nobody's business. They granted that the government could protect the citizen in his right to vote, but they denied that the government could do anything to protect the citizen in his right to work and his right to live. Today we stand committed to the proposition that freedom is no half-and-half affair. If the average citizen is guaranteed equal opportunity in the polling place, he must have equal opportunity in the market place.",
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                        "text": "I rang my friend Jim Wolfensohn, who was then running a private commercial bank in New York. I said, \"Come up to Vancouver\", and he did. I put my proposition to him. He said, \"I think it could work.\" I said, \"Will you help us?\" He said, \"Yes.\" So, I set aside senior people in our treasury and they worked with Wolfensohn and the investment sanctions were applied. And that's what brought the regime down. The last South African Finance Minister, Barend du Plessis, went on record as saying that it was the investment sanctions that put the final nail in the coffin of apartheid.",
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