Proof Quotes

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No one should be allowed to stand for Parliament without proof that he has taken responsibility for other people. — John Rhys-Davies
Nothing seemed to offer more striking proof to the late Victorian mind of the infernal truth of social Darwinism than the supposed demise of the… — Richard Flanagan
A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof. — Rene Char
Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof. — Mary McCarthy
Many women do not recognize themselves as discriminated against; no better proof could be found of the totality of their conditioning. — Kate Millett
Proof is an idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself. — Arthur Eddington
Many human beings say that they enjoy the winter, but what they really enjoy is feeling proof against it. — Richard Adams
A dislike of death is no proof of the want of religion. The instincts of nature shrink from it, for no creature can like its… — William Jay
But when, in the first setting out, he takes it for granted without proof, that distinctions found in the structure of all languages, have no… — Thomas Reid
In a private room he showed me the first specimens of gold, that is he was not certain if it was gold or not, but… — John Sutter
Perhaps the methods I needed to complete the proof would not be invented for a hundred years. So even if I was on the right… — Andrew Wiles
The geysers and hot springs of the Yellowstone are another proof of recent volcanic activity. — Ellsworth Huntington
It could be that the methods needed to take the next step may simply be beyond present day mathematics. Perhaps the methods I needed to… — Andrew Wiles
This resolution is further proof that Congress stands firmly behind our troops and remains resolved to pursue those responsible for the terrorist attacks of September… — John Doolittle
Mr. Speaker, as a grateful recovering alcoholic of 24 years myself, I am living proof that treatment does work and that recovery is real. — Jim Ramstad
The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it. — Thomas Babington Macaulay
I worked every day there, so I knew all the details. But I needed only some proof. So the proof was photos. — Mordechai Vanunu
In the twelve months immediately preceding the outbreak; of war, the quantity of spirits, both domestic and imported released for sale in Canada, amounted to… — William Lyon Mackenzie King
Finally there are simple ideas of which no definition can be given; there are also axioms or postulates, or in a word primary principles, which… — Gottfried Leibniz
The purpose of this study is to offer a logical, practical, pragmatic proof of the existence of God from a purely scientific perspective. — John Clayton

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