Sentence examples similar to command universal assent from inspiring English sources

Like most notions that command almost universal assent, the proposed ban on genetic discrimination makes far less sense the more you think about it.

James D.G. Dunn states that they "command almost universal assent" and "rank so high on the 'almost impossible to doubt or deny' scale of historical facts" that they are often the starting points for the study of the historical Jesus.

Michael Sheehan's conclusions, expressed in the plain words of a former soldier, will not win literary prizes or universal assent.

It cannot be at the same time aesthetic (an expression of sensory enjoyment) and also a judgment (claiming universal assent).

In a democratic society, a legitimate monarchy needs to demonstrate consent but should realise that it does not need to demand universal assent.

To the tribute of indignation and sympathy expressed in eloquent terms by Mr Asquith and Mr Bonar Law there was universal assent in the House of Commons.

Gately'd tell Day how even if they are just clichés, clichés are: (a) soothing, and (b) proclaim a common sort of common sense, and (c) license the universal assent that drowns out silence.

FEW men who find themselves cast as heroes early in life continue to command universal esteem till the end.

The person (and I am one) who takes this second position  denies nothing except the possibility (short of force or torture and they don't count) of securing universal assent.

"There was nearly universal assent to the notion that hockey had taken an utterly wrong turn about violence in the last few years," he said last month, before the story of Boogaard's life and death ignited renewed debate.

But there is no such universal assent.