Assertion Quotes

154 quotes by 133 authors

There is absolutely no scientific basis or evidence for 'intelligent design.' It is simply a religious assertion, and it has no place in a science… — David Hillis
The assertion that 'culture' explains human variation will be taken seriously when there are reports of women war parties raiding villages to capture men as… — John Tooby
The student should bear in mind that the very essence of consciousness is constantly to identify itself with the Not-Self, and as constantly to re-assert… — Arthur E. Powell
Never argue, repeat your assertion. — Robert Owen
The blues is an art of ambiguity, an assertion of the irrepressibly human over all circumstance whether created by others or by one's own human… — Ralph Ellison
In sum, the truth is that we luxuriate in the comfortable assertion that women enjoy equality. We have salved our consciences by eliminating the more… — Bob Hawke
I wish to reiterate all the reasons which [my predecessor] has presented in favor of the policy of maintaining a strong navy as the best… — William Howard Taft
Are zombies possible? They're not just possible, they're actual. We're all zombies. Nobody is conscious â€” not in the systematically mysterious way that supports such… — Daniel Dennett
There is -- in world affairs -- a steady course to be followed between an assertion of strength that is truculent and a confession of… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington bureaucrats have classified the very air we exhale as a pollutant and have gone unchallenged in this incredible assertion. The logical consequence is that… — Ron Paul
The fact that the Vatican is concluding a treaty with the new Germany means the acknowledgement of the National Socialist state by the Catholic Church.… — Adolf Hitler
Self-sufficiency at home, self-assertion abroad. — Evelyn Waugh
There must be no barriers for freedom of inquiry. There is no place for dogma in science. The scientist is free, and must be free… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
The statement, "The debt problem has become so extreme that we have no choice but to cut social spending" is presented as an objective assessment… — Linda McQuaig
The accretion of dangerous power does not come in a day. It does come, however slowly, from the generative force of unchecked disregard of the… — Felix Frankfurter
There is in St. Paul's definite, soul-stirring assertion of the wrath of God and the reality of the judgment at hand, a truth more profound… — Roland Allen
I have a mathematical certainty that the future will confirm my assertion that aerial warfare will be the most important element in future wars, and… — Giulio Douhet
When I speak of the erotic, then I speak of it as an assertion of the life force of women; of that creative energy empowered,… — Audre Lorde
Nothing, however, is as ill founded as the assertion of the alleged equality of all members of the human race. — Ludwig von Mises
Unlike other peoples the United States found their origin in a deliberate act of corporate self-assertion, and ever since the Revolution every little American has… — Christopher Dawson

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