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The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use. Abraham Lincoln

Future Great Men Separation Great Britain Our Equal Practical Effecting Placed Declaration Created Use Assertion Britain

The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear. Jiddu Krishnamurti

Fear Constant Indication Belief Assertion

Here, in this very first paragraph of the Declaration, is the assertion of the natural right of all to the ballot; for how can 'the consent of the governed' be given if the right to vote be denied? Susan B. Anthony

Vote Natural First Paragraph Given How Governed Ballot Denied Very Declaration Natural Right Assertion Right Here Consent

Never argue; repeat your assertion. Robert Owen

Argue Never Repeat Your Assertion

A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth. George Dennison Prentice

Truth Naked Bare Assertion Necessarily

Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned the conception that the earth remains at rest in the middle of the heavens as its center, would, I reflected, regard it as an insane pronouncement if I made the opposite assertion that the earth moves. Nicolaus Copernicus

The university is our culture's assertion that what is made by the mind has value and can convey values. A. Bartlett Giamatti

Culture Mind Value Values Made Our Convey Assertion University

The language of the younger generation has the brutality of the city and an assertion of threatening power at hand, not to come. It is military, theatrical, and at its most coherent probably a lasting repudiation of empty courtesy and bureaucratic euphemism. Elizabeth Hardwick

While we use American power to fight hard for democracy against extremism on both left and right, our critics seem suspicious of any assertion of United States power or influence against any government or group that claims to be on the left. Elliott Abrams

Government Democracy Fight Power Group Our States Extremism Claims Critics Seem Both Left American Any Suspicious Influence While Against Use Hard Assertion United United States Right

However novel it may appear, I shall venture the assertion, that, until women assume the place in society which good sense and good feeling alike assign to them, human improvement must advance but feebly. Frances Wright

Good Women Feeling Sense Society Assume Alike Must Good Sense Shall Advance Until Venture However Improvement May Human Place Which Them Appear Novel Assertion Good Feeling Assign

Can't blame men for wanting him. And wouldn't be surprised if Dad even mildly flirted back. Dad somewhat enjoyed being called gay. He said it made women want to prove the assertion wrong. Jennifer Grant

Foreign policy is effectively the assertion of many individual countries intersecting on the global marketplace. And you have to figure out how to get your interest served in a way that meets the interests and needs of these other folks. John F. Kerry

Needs You Other Meets Way Marketplace Out Folks Individual Countries Global Policy How Foreign Foreign Policy Effectively Get Interest Interests Your Figure Many Assertion Served

There is a lot of evidence to back up the assertion that war fiction takes time. Many all-time classics of the genre, from Erich Maria Remarque's 'All Quiet on the Western Front' to Joseph Heller's 'Catch-22' to Tim O'Brien's 'The Things They Carried,' took over a decade to pen. Matt Gallagher

War Time Took Back Back Up Pen Evidence Carried All-Time Classics Joseph Takes Catch-22 Over Genre Tim Lot Western Up Decade Quiet Front Fiction Many Assertion Things Maria

The assertion of failure coming from such persons does not mean that Mr. Mill failed to promote the practical success of those objects the advocacy of which forms the chief feature of his political writings. Millicent Fawcett

Certainly the highest posthumous praise that can be conferred upon any writer is the assertion that his or her writing permanently altered the literary landscape for the better, opening new textual doors and engaging new readers. That the author's oeuvre was essential and irreplaceable and transformative. Paul Di Filippo

Writing Better Doors Writer Highest New Opening Altered Readers Permanently Praise His Textual Author Conferred Any Essential Irreplaceable Literary Transformative Landscape Engaging Certainly Assertion Her

Second, the resolution contains the blatantly false assertion that negotiating a timeline for bringing U.S. troops home with the Iraqi government undermines U.S. national security. Such a statement shows a misunderstanding of the enemy we face in Iraq. Peter DeFazio

Government Home Enemy Face National Statement Negotiating Security Troops Troops Home Contains Misunderstanding False Iraq Iraqi Timeline National Security Shows Assertion Second Bringing Resolution

Hope is like one of those orchids that grows around toxic waste: lovely in itself - and an assertion, if you like, of indefatigable good - but a sure sign that something nasty lies underneath. Rachel Cusk

Hope Good You Those Sign Lies Something Like Toxic Underneath Sure Sure Sign Around Nasty Itself Lovely Assertion Waste Grows

I would take issue with the assertion that President Trump has reached out to a diverse group for his cabinet secretaries. In fact, his cabinet is one of the least diverse in modern history. Sarah McBride

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