#premise

One of the striking features of the form of globalisation that has now been established is that it is based on the premise that goods and even capital should be free to roam but labour must remain imprisoned within the nation state. ↗

— Roberto Unger

#been #capital #established #even #features

The premise of 'The Originals' are places that have been open 50, 60, 75, 100 years or longer that are still doing it right that maybe a lot of people, particularly the younger generations, have not even thought about. ↗

— Emeril Lagasse

#about #been #doing #even #generations

The premise of this foundation is one life on this planet is no more valuable than the next. ↗

— Melinda Gates

#life #more #next #planet #premise

God is therefore unknowable. This is the fundamental premise of the Bible. ↗

— Leo Strauss

#fundamental #god #premise #therefore #unknowable

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#art #conclusions #drawing #insufficient #premises

The basic premise of this is that, yes, people have learned to clone each other, but that cloning is illegal. Not that it's bad, just that the law as it is now, is that if you die, you're dead. ↗

— Roger Spottiswoode

#basic #clone #cloning #dead #die

I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. ↗

— Ralph Nader

#function #i #leaders #leadership #more

If your basic premise about the fundamental purpose of our government is that it must provide for the common defense, then no other position is possible. ↗

— Don Nickles

#basic #common #defense #fundamental #fundamental purpose

The fundamental premise is that neither the United States or the international community is going to allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#community #develop #fundamental #going #international

Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#contradiction #contradictions #exist #facing #find