Presumes Quotes

Everyone always presumes I`m a Republican. I`m not. I couldn`t vote for either one of those guys in the last election. I looked at the pair of them and was like, `What do you want to do - get punched or get kicked?` It was a terrible choice to have to make. So I found somebody else on the ballot who was an independent who I liked the sound of. I can`t even remember his name.

I don`t want to make people behind me wait even longer because the government presumes even momentarily that I am a terrorist, not a patriot,

Let`s just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist has a built-in sense of duty.

A system of capitalism presumes sound money, not fiat money manipulated by a central bank. Capitalism cherishes voluntary contracts and interest rates that are determined by savings, not credit creation by a central bank.

(That ruling may bode well for Juan Miguel Gonzalez, who has petitioned the court to recognize his exclusive right to speak for Elian in legal matters, and to be left to raise his child in peace.) It would certainly have been very unusual for the court to rule against the father because the law presumes that a person`s parent is their guardian, and doesn`t appoint outside guardians in the normal course of events, ... For the court to appoint a third-party guardian it would usually need an indication that something was badly wrong in the parent-child relationship, such as abuse.

Again, I shall be told that the law presumes the husband to be kind, affectionate, and ready to provide for and protect his wife. But what right, I ask, has the law to presume at all on the subject?