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Despair ruins some, presumption many.
Ignorance is the mother of presumption
People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
Most of my presumptions about a production are usually wrong.
When truth and reason cannot be heard, then must presumption rule.
Arrogance is the act of the great; presumption that of the little.
I believe that everybody is entitled to a presumption of innocence.
The only barrier to truth is the presumption that you already have it.
Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
Evolution has long been the target of illogical arguments that use presumption.
I believe I am entitled like any other person to have the presumption of innocence.
For one to grasp, whatever be his object, sov'reign power ... is an act of perilous presumption.
Our sin is exactly the presumption that we can know God or ourselves through our own capacities.
All writing is presumption, of course, since no one knows what it is like to be another human being.
It's a naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption.
Were I to flatter myself with the possibility of success in such combat, it would indeed be presumption.
I think the presumption is, for some reason, anybody who comes from the business or the corporate world is corrupt.
I want to challenge the presumption that the world cannot know it is the world unless there is an alternative to the world.
Our interaction as patients with the NHS should be on the basis that there's a presumption that all information is shared with us.
An important and fundamental premise of the American judicial system is the presumption of innocence, that is until proven guilty.
Latent genius is but a presumption. Everything that can be, is bound to come into being, and what never comes into being is nothing.
There's a presumption that somehow you calculate beforehand whether something is going to be good politically or not. I simply don't.
Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties.
So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech.
I have always been very interested in the idea of loneliness and the presumption that romantic relationships are supposed to rid you of that.
I think there's a presumption of a climate emergency which I don't think there is. I think there's a climate problem, I don't think there's an emergency.
Truth is more deceptive than falsehood, for it is more frequently presented by those from whom we do not expect it, and so has against it a numerical presumption.
From my perspective, 'postmodernism' merely names an interesting set of developments in the social order that is based on the presumption that God does not matter.
People who know math understand what other mortals understand, but other mortals do not understand them. This asymmetry gives them a presumption of superior ability.
I don't live a lie. You have to understand that people who choose not to discuss their personal lives are not living a lie. That is a presumption that people jump to.
Historically, there is a presumption that the legitimate police powers of the states are not to be pre-empted by federal law unless Congress has made that purpose clear.
There is a presumption of innocence in American law that means that you cannot consider making someone guilty until all the evidence is in the the procedures are completed.
We all have the problem of what do you do with the not-guilty-yet in free and democratic societies where you have the presumption of innocence. It's a very difficult problem.
People constantly complain to me about news coverage of criminal cases. 'What happened to the presumption of innocence?' they ask at almost every turn. Well, I'm tired of it.
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.
Contrary to common belief, the presumption of innocence applies only inside a courtroom. It has no applicability elsewhere, although the media do not seem to be aware of this.
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.
The perverse presumption that places the burden of proof on the challenger of spending must be inverted, back to the rule that applies elsewhere in life: 'Prove to me why we should.'
The only thing that might have annoyed some mathematicians was the presumption of assuming that maybe the axiom of choice could fail, and that we should look into contrary assumptions.
Sometimes with Polaroids, the shot you want to get in your head doesn't happen. What it makes me do is be patient, I guess, or let go of that presumption of what the shot's going to be.
I am indeed willing to acknowledge what I have done, an error and presumption. I will call it an error and presumption because I swerved from the accustomed flowery paths of female delicacy.
'Playboy' operated with a patina of civility that granted the average man a presumption of pleasure that went one way - his. And that permission flourished in the psyches of all kinds of men.
While not explicitly articulated in the Constitution, the presumption of innocence has, through Supreme Court opinions, become a fundamental tenet of our criminal-justice system, and rightly so.
Protestantism became identified with the republican presumption in liberty as an end in itself. This presumption was then reinforced by an unassailable belief in the common sense of the individual.
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.
I love seeing on Twitter when someone says I'm gay, and I say, 'So what does it matter if I am? So be it. I hope you are not voting for me because you are making the presumption that I'm straight.'
The presumption of innocence, the benefit of the doubt, walking without worrying - these should not be hallmarks of white privilege. They are human rights - human rights - that should be enjoyed by all.
Men and women wonder if merely walking or driving justifies being followed, stopped, or questioned. This practice and the presumption of guilt so often associated with people of color must come to an end.
There is a presumption made among nationalists that constitutional change is the answer to all the questions that are problematic in our communities, and my job is to talk about what is happening in the real world.