Assumption Quotes

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All of us cherish our beliefs. They are, to a degree, self-defining. When someone comes along who challenges our belief system as insufficiently well-based -… — Carl Sagan
Tyranny has perhaps oftener grown out of the assumptions of power, called for, on pressing exigencies, by a defective constitution, than out of the full… — Alexander Hamilton
If they are incorporated into the Constitution, independent tribunals of justice will consider themselves in a peculiar manner the guardians of those rights; they will… — James Madison
If it be true that democracy is based upon the assumption that every man shall serve his fellow man, the organization of democracy should be… — Herbert Croly
Abstract: Careful review of a vast array of relevant evidence clearly leads to the conclusion that some unidentified flying objects are intelligently controlled vehicles whose… — Stanton T. Friedman
Basically, being alive means keeping yourself ready for the sky to fall in on you at any time. If you start from the assumption that… — Yasmina Khadra
Exotic names, robes, insignia of office, titles - the trappings of religion - confuse as much as they help. They endorse the assumption of the… — Stephen Batchelor
Assume that your worldview is not borne by the public. More than that: Do not assume that those who think differently are idiots. Before you… — Rolf Dobelli
Science is a philosophy of discovery. Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance. You cannot build a program of discovery on the assumption that nobody… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Masculinity is the glad assumption of sacrificial responsibility. — Douglas Wilson
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said any assumption that the US would not use force against North Korea would be a mistake. Such bellicosity frightens… — Ann Coulter
I've been worked over by the English press because there's an assumption that my politics are identical with my wife's, and for that matter that… — Stephen Rea
The issue Fodor writes about is central to the psychology of perception, cognition, and action. It is the central issue for anyone who would seriously… — Unknown Author
Economic theorists, like French chefs in regard to food, have developed stylized models whose ingredients are limited by some unwritten rules. Just as traditional French… — George Akerlof
I'm writing with the assumption that most of you who are reading this book have concluded what I have: Preaching doesn't workpreaching, as we know… — Doug Pagitt
The Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki once stated, 'International cultural exchange is impossible - therefore we must try.' I agree with all my heart. The impossibility… — Anne Bogart
Dr. Kingâ€™s policy was that nonviolence would achieve the gains for black people in the United States. His major assumption was that if you are… — Stokely Carmichael
There's a tendency to attribute magical skills and knowledge to people who've been elevated in some way - appearing on TV, or having an impressive… — Arlene Dickinson
The Reagan Administration has no rational plan for our military. Instead, it acts on misinformed assumptions about the strength of the Soviet military and a… — John F. Kerry
I am still a consumer; the consumer world was the world I emerged into, whose air I breathed for a very long time, and its… — Bill McKibben

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