#presumption

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

— R. Alan Woods

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The Court made an exception, however, in the case of candidates contributing to their own campaigns because of the rather reasonable presumption that a candidate is incapable of corrupting himself. ↗

— James L. Buckley

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Your primary presumption that The Bridge was proffered as an epic has no substantial foundation. You know quite well that I doubt that our present stage of cultural development is so ordered yet as to provide the means or method for such an organic manifestation as that. ↗

— Hart Crane

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God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself. ↗

— Herodotus

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Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short. ↗

— Golda Meir

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I believe I am entitled like any other person to have the presumption of innocence. ↗

— Peter Slipper

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... 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

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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

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

— DMX

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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence. ↗

— Barney Frank

#innocence #people #presumption