#assumed

It's politely assumed that democracy is a means of containing and restraining violence. But violence comes not from genes but from ideas. ↗

— Edward Bond

#comes #containing #democracy #genes #ideas

I merged those two words, black and feminist, because I was surrounded by black women who were very tough and and who always assumed they had to work and rear children and manage homes. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#assumed #because #black #children #feminist

We seem to be a long way off from the kind of Fascism which we behold in Italy today, but we are not so far from the kind of Fascism which Mussolini preached in Italy before he assumed power, and we are slowly approaching the conditions which made Fascism there possible. ↗

— John T. Flynn

#assumed #before #behold #conditions #far

I have six sisters, so I assumed I'd have a girl. Learning I was having a boy was really weird. ↗

— Melissa Joan Hart

#boy #girl #having #i #learning

If it is widely assumed that the new President cannot move forward simply because of a narrow victory, there can easily develop a sense of unease and uncertainty, adversely affecting every sector of American society, our economy and the perception of other nations. ↗

— Richard V. Allen

#affecting #american #american society #assumed #because

Russia under President Putin is less democratic and less free today than when he assumed office. If Russia cannot fulfill its obligation to the G-8 and maintain a high standard of democratic governance then its membership should be suspended. ↗

— Vito Fossella

#cannot #democratic #free #fulfill #governance

In Japanese art, space assumed a dominant role and its position was strengthened by Zen concepts. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

#assumed #concepts #dominant #japanese #position

Yes, I don't believe that the inter-Korean relationship has, quote, 'deteriorated' since I assumed office. Rather I believe that the relationship between the two Koreas is entering into a new phase - a time of transition. And so I think that the North Koreans are trying to see what they can build with this, with my new administration. ↗

— Lee Myung-bak

#assumed #believe #between #build #deteriorated

I had absolutely no trauma in my childhood. If anyone ever assumed that my books were autobiographical, they'd be sorely disappointed, because none of these things happened to me. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#anyone #assumed #autobiographical #because #books

It cannot be assumed that equity was following common law whenever they agreed, any more than the converse. ↗

— Frederick Pollock

#any #assumed #cannot #common #common law