"Patriotism has become a mere national self assertion,……" — H.G. Wells

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• Atheism is indeed the most daring of all dogmas . . . for it is the assertion of a universal… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
• Therefore the Sage embraces Unity, and is a model for all under Heaven. He is free from self-display, therefore he… — Laozi
• I was being foolish. An atheist can't stand behind their assertion that God doesn't exist. The stupidest thing I ever… — Kirk Cameron
• Progress in thought is the assertion of individualism against authority. — Oscar Wilde
• What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or… — Oscar Wilde
• One keeps healthy in wartime...by a vigorous assertion of values in which war has no part. — Randolph Bourne
• The assertion that it is the intention of the German Reich to coerce the Austrian State is absurd! — Adolf Hitler
• Love is an expression and assertion of self-esteem, a response to one's own values in the person of another. One… — Ayn Rand
• Rejection is a form of self-assertion. You have only to look back upon yourself as a person who hates this… — George Santayana
• ... In contrast to the "banality of evil," which posits that ordinary people can be responsible for the most despicable… — Philip Zimbardo
• Logic is not satisfied with assertion. It cares nothing for the opinions of the great; nothing for the prejudices of… — Robert Green Ingersoll
• Beware, I pray thee, of presuming that thou art saved. If thy heart be renewed, if thou shalt hate the… — Charles Spurgeon

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