Presumption Quotes

A presumption of any fact is, properly, an inferring of that fact from other facts that are known; it is an act of reasoning; and much of human knowledge on all subjects is derived from this source.

Tony Abbott
In a society with a long history of discrimination, there should be a presumption that many laws with a discriminatory impact likely were motivated by a discriminatory purpose.

Erwin Chemerinsky
- History
- Society
- Purpose

There is this presumption, in those who feel destined for art and above all literature: we act as if we had received an investiture, but in fact no one has invested us with anything, it is we who have authorized ourselves to be authors.

Elena Ferrante
Sometimes concern is the foot someone jams in the door so you can’t close it against condescension, presumption, invasiveness, and, at times, outright abuse.

Hanne Blank
Every doer of the law and every moral worker is accursed, for he walketh in the presumption of his own righteousness.

Martin Luther
- Law
- Righteousness
- Worker
The presumption that any current opinion is not wholly false, gains in strength according to the number of its adherents.

Herbert Spencer
- Opinion
- Numbers
- Gains
I think I have the right to know what Steve Forbes paid in taxes - I don't think there should be a law. I think there should be a presumption. I wouldn't vote for a guy who wouldn't reveal what he paid in taxes. That kind of thing.

Esther Dyson
- Law
- Vote
- Taxes
It is a presumption on the part of man when he demands in words an explanation of God.

Hazrat Inayat Khan