"What at first was plunder assumed the softer……" — Thomas Paine
"What at first was plunder assumed the softer name of revenue."
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- Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have. — Alan Bennett
- That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a lasting witness against them and… — William Blake
- At almost forty years old, I assumed my career on camera was over. And I was certainly given that message… — Mika Brzezinski
- I found I wasn't asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something. I would box them into a… — Alan Alda
- I always assumed that like my mother before me, one day I would have children. — Kim Cattrall
- When I was a college student and I got interested in linguistics the concern among students was, this is a… — Noam Chomsky
- Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in… — Grover Cleveland
- I've had this terrible stomach problem for years, and that has made touring difficult. People would see me sitting in… — Kurt Cobain
- I am an atheist, out and out. It took me a long time to say it. I've been an atheist… — Isaac Asimov
- Motherhood is near to divinity. It is the highest, holiest service to be assumed by mankind. It places her who… — J. Reuben Clark
- For the duration of its collective life, or the time during which its identity may be assumed, each class resembles… — Joseph A. Schumpeter
- A year ago Guyana became politically free and independent. She assumed the untrammeled right to make her own decisions on… — Unknown Author