#resumption

A general presumption that Icings will govern well, is not a sufficient security to the People... those who subjected themselves to the will of a man were governed by a beast. ↗

— Algernon Sidney

#general #govern #governed #man #people

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

Our task was doing maintenance and repairs to keep the station in a good state for the return of the shuttle flights and resumption of major ISS construction. ↗

— Leroy Chiao

#doing #flights #good #keep #maintenance

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

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

— R. Alan Woods

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

Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties. ↗

— Benjamin Banneker

#courage #despair #difficulties #easy #lose

Witchcraft had once been widely used before cursed by the society. I see today the society presumes technology will have a different treatment. ↗

— Toba Beta

#cycle #demand #life #new #old

And the game of dominoes is much like life: You gotta play the bones you’ve pulled. It don’t matter if you got seven doubles in your damn hand. ↗