assertion

• If Lord Byron asserts that his wife deserted him, the assertion is accepted without proof; but, if Lady Byron asserts that he ordered her to leave, that requires proof. —  Lady Byron Vindicated
• I rather think the assertion is an inheritance from former days and the cadets of those days, for the similarity at present between first-class camp and furlough is beyond our conception. —  Henry Ossian Flipper, The Colored Cadet at West Point
• At the same time, his assertion is a denial, in such circumstances, of the right to self defense, which ultimately emanates from the first and most basic human instinct, that of self-preservation.
• Of course, she doesn't offer up a single study or "academic work" as any kind of proof, and yet, when I say her assertion is absurd, Fox News anchor Greg Jarrett starts laughing at me - as if my assertion that FDR's New Deal helped end the Great Depression is so fantastical as to prompt guffawing. —  AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
• This assertion was also put forth via a few unnecessarily hostile e-mails. —  Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.

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