"Those who know that the consensus of many……" — Nicolaus Copernicus

"Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned the conception that the earth remains at rest in the middle of the heavens as its center, would, I reflected, regard it as an insane pronouncement if I made the opposite assertion that the earth moves."

— Nicolaus Copernicus

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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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