"When greatness descends from its lofty pedestal, it……" — Louise Colet

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• Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree. — Dean Acheson
• Traditional science assumes, for the most part, that an objective observer independent reality exists; the universe, stars, galaxies, sun, moon… — Deepak Chopra
• It is the best of all games for me. It frequently escapes from the pattern of sport and assumes the… — Jimmy Cannon
• Prayer assumes the sovereignty of God. If God is not sovereign, we have no assurance that He is able to… — Jerry Bridges
• The Society is based on that great bottom law of human right, that nothing but crime can forfeit liberty. That… — Theodore Dwight Weld
• The Pacific no longer represents menacing avenues of approach for a prospective invader. It assumes, instead, the friendly aspect of… — Douglas MacArthur
• There is no vice so simple but assumes some mark of virtue on his outward parts. — William Shakespeare
• English character and English freedom depend comparatively little on the form which the Constitution assumes at Westminster. A centralised democracy… — James Anthony Froude
• Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force. — Thomas Jefferson
• Some theists, observing that all 'effects' need a cause, assert that God is a cause but not an effect. But… — Dan Barker
• Food, one assumes, provides nourishment; but Americans eat it fully aware that small amounts of poison have been added to… — John Cage
• If Islam despises Christianity, it has a thousandfold right to do so: Islam at least assumes that it is dealing… — Friedrich Nietzsche

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