Sentence examples for assert on the from inspiring English sources

What's even more disheartening is that people like Achmed Valdes, the white Cuban immigrant featured in the article, assert on the one hand, "It's not that I'm racist," but on the other refer to most blacks as "delinquents" and people who "basically have kids and go on welfare".

It was difficult to assert on the one hand that all government "derives its just powers from the consent of the governed" while holding millions of human beings as slaves.

What position does Mr. West assert on the value of a college degree?

At least 31 human cases, including nine deaths, have been confirmed by the Chinese government so far, and the Chinese police have been detaining people who assert on the Internet that there are more cases.

But we also assert on the basis of evidence and our direct knowledge that, on balance, the people in the smaller bush communities are healthier and happier," it said.

These days, politicians of both parties assert on the campaign trail that they're latter-day Trumans, and voters, unbidden, surprise political reporters by telling them that they wish the 33rd president were still around, so they could vote for him.

That said, northernness was immediately asserted on the train.

The police asserted on the day that there was a riot, and they still do.

He rejected the claim to such authority, whether asserted on "the aristocratic principle" or on behalf of "the community".

"Enough work has been done by photoshop experts to show that this is not a real document," ClearCase_guy asserted on the conservative Web site Free Republic.

But when the fight for gay rights became a fight for same-sex marriage, asserted on the ground of equality, it got stronger and stronger.