Sentence examples for must assert from inspiring English sources

Williamson defends an account of assertion based on the rule that one must assert only what one knows.

Thus, Timothy Williamson (2000, Chapter 11) defends at length what is come to be known as 'the knowledge account of assertion,' whereby our linguistic practices are governed by the rule: "One must: assert p only if one knows p" (2000, 243) Several objections to this argument have been made.

Democracy must assert itself over capitalism.

Many of those who call for "normalisation" argue that Germany must assert its interests.

"The original says we must assert our individuality: 'I am a free man,' " he said.

In the end, the state must assert its right and responsibility to protect all its citizens.

Candidates must assert independence and reflect local concerns to build a relationship with voters.

But he must assert himself over advisers, ministers and godfathers the visiting regional bosses who lobby him.

Lewis, Scowcroft said, fed a feeling in the White House that the United States must assert itself.

In the face of uncertainty we must assert our independence and our commitment to self-determination," Otter said.

They must assert their nationhood as a stage on the road to the eventual dismantling of all such geopolitical boundaries.