#assume

World War II had been such a tremendous success story for this country that the political and military leadership began to assume that they would prevail simply because of who they were. We were like the British at the turn of the 19th century. ↗

— Neil Sheehan

#assume #because #been #began #british

Here in Davos, it is generally assumed that there is now only one god - the market. ↗

— Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

#generally #god #here #market #now

TV, in particular cable channels, has assumed the role of independent film. ↗

— Eric Stoltz

#cable #channels #film #independent #independent film

When Louis XIV assumed the reins of government France suddenly and wonderfully came to her maturity; it was as if the whole nation had burst into splendid flower. ↗

— Lytton Strachey

#burst #came #flower #france #government

Never assume the obvious is true. ↗

— William Safire

#never #obvious #true

The greater the conceptual significance of a literary product, the more it should be assumed that it is based on an idea that determines the whole, and that the deeper consciousness of the time to which it belongs is reflected in it. ↗

— Ferdinand Christian Baur

#based #belongs #conceptual #consciousness #deeper

Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have. ↗

— Alan Bennett

#book #classic #definition #everyone #often

When a judge assumes the power to decide which distinctions made in a statute are legitimate and which are not, he assumes the power to disapprove of any and all legislation, because all legislation makes distinctions. ↗

— Robert Bork

#assumes #because #decide #disapprove #distinctions

I was a real loner in high school, even though people assume I was the head cheerleader. ↗

— Kate Bosworth

#cheerleader #even #head #high #high school

If enough people openly engage in conduct once considered reprehensible, we rewrite the rule book and assume that God, as a good democrat, will go along. ↗

— James L. Buckley

#assume #book #conduct #considered #democrat