Presumed Quotes

66 quotes by 60 authors

The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to 'create' rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from… — William J. Brennan
Uselessness is a fatal accusation to bring against any act which is done for its presumed utility, but those which are done for their own… — George Santayana
All Science is necessarily prophetic, so truly so, that the power of prophecy is the test, the infallible criterion, by which any presumed Science is… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
It is presumed that there exists a great unity in nature, in respect of the adequacy of a single cause to account for many different… — Immanuel Kant
If the Commission is to enquire into the conditions "to be observed," it is to be presumed that they will give the result of their… — Isambard Kingdom Brunel
The combination of such characters, some, as the sacral ones, altogether peculiar among Reptiles, others borrowed, as it were, from groups now distinct from each… — Richard Owen
If a person sings quietly to himself on the street people smile with approval; but if he talks it's not alright; they think he's crazy.… — Edward Hoagland
No matter where life takes me, you'll find me with a smile. Presumed to be happy, always laughing like a child. I never thought life… — Mac Miller
A second variety concentrated on presumed major transformations of the capitalist system as of some recent point in time, in which the whole earlier point… — Immanuel Wallerstein
We Floridians have always assumed an arrogant mastery over our natural environment. And we have always presumed ourselves capable of obliging the water that is… — Ronald Cunningham
Corn syrup and added fats have been outed as major ingredients in fast food, but they hide out in packaged foods too, even presumed-innocent ones… — Barbara Kingsolver
I never presumed to tell anyone who could make a rainbow what color to make children. — Richard Dawson
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
Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States, is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to every religious sectEqual… — James Madison
Any priest or shaman must be presumed guilty until proved innocent. — Robert A. Heinlein
Conservatives, who have presumed that the key to preventing AIDS is abstinence-only education, and liberals, who have focused on distribution of condoms, should both note… — Nicholas D. Kristof
While new rights are attributed to or indeed almost presumed by the individual, life is not always protected as the primary value and the primordial… — Pope Francis
During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as many theories as to how… — Lynn Abbey
The notion of human right builds on our shared humanity. These rights are not derived from the citizenship of any country, or the membership of… — Amartya Sen
If it is presumed that the Kenyans will democratise in order to eat the peanuts of development assistance from the European Union... it would be… — Meles Zenawi

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