“If you don't show up at a party, people will assume you're fat.” PeopleIfsShowsWomenPartyAssumingFatsMemorableAssumption Author:Julia Duffy
“The argument culture urges us to approach the world - and the people in it - in an adversarial frame of mind. It rests on the assumption that opposition is the best way to get anything done: The best way to discuss an idea is to set up a debate; the best way to cover news is to find spokespeople who express the most extreme, polarized views and present them as 'both sides'; the best way to settle disputes is litigation that pits one party against the other; the best way to begin an essay is to attack someone; and the best way to show you're really thinking is to criticize.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayMindIdeasDoneShowsCultureSidesViewsPartyApproachNewsArgumentExtremesDebateBest WaySettlingAssumptionOppositionUrgesCriticizeBoth SidesEssaysDisputesPitsFrame Of MindSpokespeople Author:Deborah Tannen
“The Democratic Party hasn't whipped anybody into a frenzy. The assumption is that the people that are marching and protesting and standing up against this don't have enough sense to stand up for their own interests.” PeopleEnoughInterestPartyStandingDemocraticAssumptionDemocratic PartyFrenzy Author:Al Sharpton
“Today neither of our two parties maintains a meaningful commitment to the principle of States' Rights. The 10th Amendment is not a 'general assumption' but a rule of law. States rights mean that states have a right to act or not to act, as they see fit, in areas reserved to them.” MeanTwoStatesTodayLawPartyPrinciplesRightsFitCommitmentAreasMeaningfulAssumptionAmendmentsRule Of LawReservedStates Rights Author:Barry Goldwater