i hold
Examples
I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.
I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way.
I hold it the duty of the Executive to insist upon frugality in the expenditures, and a sparing economy is itself a great national resource.
I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a non-business letter.
I hold an old-fashioned notion that a happy marriage is the crown of a woman's life.
I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.