Proposition Quotes

273 quotes by 242 authors

How can diverse Americans become "one people"? I believe that one path is for us to pursue the study of the past that includes all… — Ronald Takaki
The nation was founded and "dedicated," to use Lincoln's language in the "Gettysburg Address," to equality as a "self-evident truth." But this very principle of… — Ronald Takaki
By freethinking I mean the use of the understanding in endeavoring to find out the meaning of any proposition whatsoever, in considering the nature of… — Anthony Collins
It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true — Bertrand Russell
On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks. — H. Allen Smith
Our dreams disturb us because they refuse to pander to our fondest notions of ourselves. The closer one looks, the more they seem to insist… — Marc Ian Barasch
And here we come to the vital distinction between the advocacy of temperance and the advocacy of prohibition. Temperance and self-control are convertible terms. Prohibition,… — Felix Mendelssohn
The proposition that Muslims are welcome in Britain if, and only if, they stop behaving like Muslims is a doctrine which is incompatible with the… — Roy Hattersley
Over the Christmas period, I spent time with both Bob Hawke and Paul Keating, and you listen to stories and tales of how hard it… — Julia Gillard
Football is a very short-term proposition. Football really prepares you for nothing. The only thing I got out of football was the ability to work… — Gale Sayers
We should be evolving into a new age of business with a worldview that maintains one simple proposition-that all of nature: humans, animals, earth, are… — Anita Roddick
The proposition that the principal articles of the Apostles' Creed did not have the same meaning for the Christians of the earliest times as they… — Pope Pius X
The book, as it stands, seems to me to be one of the most frightful muddles I have ever read, with scarcely a sound proposition… — John Maynard Keynes
It goes without saying that the Jewish people can have no other goal than Palestine and that, whatever the fate of the proposition may be,… — Theodor Herzl
According to the International Institute for Environment and Development, the annual amount spent globally on advertising aimed at increasing consumption topped $430 billion in 1998.Consumer… — Jacques Ellul
There are some men who in a fifty-fifty proposition insist on getting the hyphen too. — Laurence J. Peter
Fifteen years ago, if you said business will help save the environment people would have laughed at you. Today, I believe this is a serious… — Tony Blair
The evidence is overwhelming that Planet Earth is being visited by intelligently controlled extraterrestrial spacecraft. In other words, SOME UFOs are alien spacecraft. Most are… — Stanton T. Friedman
Well, because I have twin seven-year-old boys, I enjoy the gift giving stuff a great deal. We do both Hanukkah and Christmas, so it is… — Fred Melamed
Despite all the wonderful advances that have been made, it's still dangerous for an actor to talk about that in our extremely misguided culture. Look… — Richard Chamberlain

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