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Postulate Quotes by Elihu Root
- The theoretical postulate of all diplomatic discussion between nations is the assumed willingness of every nation to do justice.
- The line of least resistance in the progress of civilization is to make that theoretical postulate real by the continually increasing force of the world's…
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- [The] first postulate of the Principle of Uniformity, namely, that the laws of nature are invariant with time, is not peculiar to… — M. King Hubbert
- Cats didn't start as mousers. Weasels and snakes and dogs are more efficient as rodent-control agents. I postulate that cats started as… — William S. Burroughs
- ...the scientific attitude implies what I call the postulate of objectivity-that is to say, the fundamental postulate that there is no plan,… — Jacques Monod
- An amino acid residue (other than glycine) has no symmetry elements. The general operation of conversion of one residue of a single… — Linus Pauling
- The diversity of mankind is a basic postulate of our knowledge of human beings. But if mankind is diverse and individuated, then… — Murray Rothbard
- Paleontologists had long been aware of a seeming contradiction between Darwin's postulate of gradualism, confirmed by the work of population genetics, and… — Ernst Mayr
- The First Amendment makes confidence in the common sense of our people and in the maturity of their judgement the great postulate… — William O. Douglas
- There is no ground for supposing that matter and energy existed before [the Big Bang] and were suddenly galvanized into action. For… — E. T. Whittaker