#claim

It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning. ↗

— George Orwell

#any #call #claim #consequently #country

People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude. ↗

— Ovid

#confidence #magnitude #people #slow #undertakings

And in this respect, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been a tragedy, a clash between one very powerful, very convincing, very painful claim over this land and another no less powerful, no less convincing claim. ↗

— Amos Oz

#been #between #claim #clash #conflict

I do not know it all and do not claim to. ↗

— David Pratt

#i #i do #know

My only real claim to anyone's attention lies in my writing. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#attention #claim #lies #only #real

Claiming that you have got the truth wrapped up does breed violence and intolerance. ↗

— Timothy Radcliffe

#claiming #does #got #intolerance #truth

I believe that my own Christian faith does indeed make universal claims. ↗

— Timothy Radcliffe

#christian #christian faith #claims #does #faith

I always claim that the writer has done 90 percent of the director's work. ↗

— Harold Ramis

#claim #director #done #i #i always

I don't expect that the million will ever be won, simply because there is no confirming evidence for any paranormal claims to date. ↗

— James Randi

#because #claims #confirming #date #ever

I am not going to claim that modern anarchism has any direct relation to Roman jurisprudence; but I do claim that it has its basis in the laws of nature rather than in the state of nature. ↗

— Herbert Read

#anarchism #any #basis #claim #direct