#presumption

Were I to flatter myself with the possibility of success in such combat, it would indeed be presumption. ↗

— Anne Seward

#flatter #i #indeed #myself #possibility

... always keep in mind that an article of faith is not something that the faithful assume. Faith, for those who have it, is the most certain form of knowledge, not a tentative opinion. ↗

— Mortimer J. Adler

#faith #knowledge #opinion #presumption #faith

It's a naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption. ↗

— James Thurber

#any #breeding #burgundy #domestic #i

There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write truly rather than assume the presumption of altering them with invention. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#assume #events #great #his #invention

An important and fundamental premise of the American judicial system is the presumption of innocence, that is until proven guilty. ↗

— DMX

#fundamental #guilty #important #innocence #judicial

I think I have the right to know what Steve Forbes paid in taxes - I don't think there should be a law. I think there should be a presumption. I wouldn't vote for a guy who wouldn't reveal what he paid in taxes. That kind of thing. ↗

— Esther Dyson

#guy #i #i think #kind #know

People are entitled to the presumption of innocence. ↗

— Barney Frank

#innocence #people #presumption

This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead, there is a presumption that, without relentless scrutiny, the government will misbehave. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#good #good intentions #government #innocence #instead

Evolution has long been the target of illogical arguments that use presumption. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#evolution #illogical #long #presumption #target

A presumption becomes a self-refuting assertion". ~R. Alan Woods [2012] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#presumption #r-alan-woods #refuting #r-alan-woods