Assuming Quotes

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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic… — Seneca the Younger
When anything assumes the strength of a creed, it becomes self-sustained and derives the needed support from within. — Mahatma Gandhi
The Constitution exists precisely so that opinions and judgments, including esthetic and moral judgments about art and literature, can be formed, tested, and expressed. What… — Anthony Kennedy
So most skeptics who criticize us are really just misinformed and kind of ignorant. They're just assuming something about us. We're quite critical ourselves, but… — Ryan Buell
Taking privacy cues from the federal government is - to say the least - ironic, considering today's Orwellian level of surveillance. At virtually any given… — Bob Barr
If we assume that the purpose of the economy is to serve and improve the welfare of the entire body of citizens, the U.S. model… — Edward S. Herman
You must assume 100% responsibility for your financial life. If you're going to improve your situation, you have to put the full burden of doing… — Steve Pavlina
People need responsibility. They resist assuming it, but they cannot get along without it. — John Steinbeck
I have neither the learning nor the experience to know whether the doomsayers are right about the human causes of climate change. But I am… — Jeremy Paxman
When I learned that aliens really do exist, I wasn't too surprised. But what did shock me when I started investigating extra-terrestrial reports a decade… — Edgar Mitchell
Some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice… — Pope Francis
...the unprecedented rise of the Christian Social Party... was to assume the deepest significance for me as a classical object of study. — Adolf Hitler
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and… — Thomas Jefferson
We are more connected than ever before, more able to spread our ideas and beliefs, our anger and fears. As we exercise the right to… — William J. Clinton
We must stop assuming that a thing which has never been done before probably cannot be done at all. — Donald M. Nelson
Assume that whatever situation you are facing at the moment is exactly the right situation you need to ultimately be successful. This situation has been… — Brian Tracy
We have been led to believe that we have come a long way toward world nuclear disarmament. But that is not the case. Our government… — Harrison Ford
Humans suffer from self-centred notions as to the nature of life. Humans assume that alien life forms should conform to standards that match our own,… — Steve Perry
A rational process is a moral process. You may make an error at any step of it, with nothing to protect you but your own… — Ayn Rand
Assuming, as you grow older, that you're the guardian of the world's wisdom, even if you haven't necessarily lived enough to know what's right and… — Paulo Coelho

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