I maintain
Examples
What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.
I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world.
I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect.
I maintain that many an inventor, many a diplomat, many a financier is a sounder philosopher than all those who practice the dull craft of experimental psychology.
I maintain that the best song is the one that ends up on the album. So whether I've written it or I haven't, I'm very comfortable with both.
I maintain that attitudes do really precede propositions, feelings come before facts.