Assert Quotes

257 quotes by 221 authors

It is safe to assert that no government proper ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination. — Abraham Lincoln
The need to compile lists is a personality disorder, as is the need to assert the superiority of some things over other things. — Jeremy Hardy
I am not prepared to deny or assert any proposition which concerns myself; but certainly this solitary struggle with platitudinous atoms, called men and women… — Henry Adams
The Constitution of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise… — Thomas Jefferson
While there are cases where even the law recognizes an abortion as justifiable if recommended by a physician, I assert that the hundreds of thousands… — Margaret Sanger
We assert that the subject is crucial and only that subject matter is valid which is tragic and timeless. — Mark Rothko
Awake,arise,and assert yourself,you dreamers of the world. Your star is now in ascendancy. — Napoleon Hill
To watch an American on a beach or crowding into a subway, or buying a theater ticket, or sitting at home with his radio on,… — Alistair Cooke
Let not men then in the pride of power, use the same arguments that tyrannic kings and venal ministers have used, and fallaciously assert that… — Mary Wollstonecraft
A thousand fearful images and dire suggestions glance along the mind when it is moody and discontented with itself. Command them to stand and show… — Walter Scott
One distressing thing is the way men react to women who assert their equality: their ultimate weapon is to call them unfeminine. They think she… — Shirley Chisholm
Those who have prophesied dreadful consequences as a result of the greater sexual freedom which the young assert - unwanted babies, venereal disease and so… — Colin Ward
Assert your right to make a few mistakes. If people can't accept your imperfections, that's their fault. — David D. Burns
To share your spiritual self or grounding with anyone brings about a reality that must assert itself. — Roger A. Kaufman
Managers assert drive and control to get things done; leaders pause to discover new ways of being and achieving . — Kevin Cashman
To be ethical is to endeavor to find one's proper place in the larger scheme of things rather than to seek to assert human superiority… — Gary Steiner
Not only are animals unable to avail themselves of language to assert their own rights, but many fewer humans have a clear sense of kinship… — Gary Steiner
Building a world where we meet our own needs without denying future generations a healthy society is not impossible, as some would assert. The question… — Christopher Flavin
History can tell us what happened in the past. But it cannot assert that it must happen again in the future. — Ludwig von Mises
It is shameful that dancing should renounce the empire it might assert over the mind and only endeavor to please the sight. — Jean-Georges Noverre

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