Assert Quotes

We assert that the subject is crucial and only that subject matter is valid which is tragic and timeless.

The time has come to underscore the fact that our and others' rights are contingent on our willingness to assert and defend them.

The loss of wealth is loss of dirt, as sages in all times assert; The happy man's without a shirt.

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.

The need to exert power, when thwarted in the open fields of life, is the more likely to assert itself in trifles.

I will for ever, at all hazards, assert the dignity, independence, and integrity of the English bar; without which, impartial justice, the most valuable part of the English constitution, can have no existence.

A simple rule in dealing with those who are hard to get along with is to remember that this person is striving to assert his superiority; and you must deal with him from that point of view.

There's no reality except the one contained within us. That's why so many people live an unreal life. They take images outside them for reality and never allow the world within them to assert itself.

I believe that successfully addressing our national security needs while protecting our basic freedoms and civil liberties requires continual Congressional oversight, and I will continue to work to assert the role of this body in carrying out this grave responsibility.