#assume

Most Americans aren't the sort of citizens the Founding Fathers expected; they are contented serfs. Far from being active critics of government, they assume that its might makes it right. ↗

— Joseph Sobran

#assume #being #citizens #contented #critics

Politicians are usually the first to forget that if you assume someone else is acting in bad faith, they will do the same to you. Questioning motives poisons the well. ↗

— John Sununu

#assume #bad #else #faith #first

Most economic fallacies derive from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of another. ↗

— Milton Friedman

#assume #derive #economic #expense #fixed

It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy. ↗

— John D. Rockefeller

#assume #happy #immense #men #wealth

I would assume most people hate my character. But I'm hoping that I'm the character you love to hate. ↗

— Charlotte Ross

#character #hate #hoping #i #love

When a man assumes leadership, he forfeits the right to mercy. ↗

— Gennaro Angiulo

#forfeits #leadership #man #mercy #right

Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness. ↗

— George Orwell

#assume #be happy #happiness #happy #life

All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#accompanies #always #arrogance #assume #choice

The theoretical postulate of all diplomatic discussion between nations is the assumed willingness of every nation to do justice. ↗

— Elihu Root

#between #diplomatic #discussion #every #every nation

Everyone assumes we're always going to have a cocktail and a cigarette in hand. Fans expect us all to be dressed up all the time. They always say to me, 'You look so young. You don't seem as tall!' ↗

— Christina Hendricks

#assumes #cigarette #cocktail #dressed #everyone