"If a radical devolution of powers was possible,……" — James Q. Wilson

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• The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious. — Lester Bangs
• Still, intuitive assumptions about behavior is only the starting point of systematic analysis, for alone they do not yield many… — Gary Becker
• The bad-boy label is just an assumption. — Russell Brand
• The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been… — David Brin
• A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, and the… — Harry Browne
• I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the… — Warren Buffett
• As I get older I think, contrary to modern assumption but in line with the old Lerner and Lowe song,… — Julie Burchill
• History is malleable. A new cache of diaries can shed new light, and archeological evidence can challenge our popular assumptions. — Ken Burns
• Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile,… — Alan Alda
• The assumption is that your personal life has to be a mess to create, but how much chaos can you… — David Byrne
• In the middle of the night, when you're ambiguously ethnic, like me, when you're brown, beige, mauve, siena, one of… — Sherman Alexie
• The unconscious democracy of America is a very fine thing. It is a true and deep and instinctive assumption of… — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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