underestimating

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There's no underestimating the intelligence of the American public. H. L. Mencken

It would be especially tragic if the people who most cherish ideals of peace, who are most anxious for political cooperation on a wider than national scale, made the mistake of underestimating the pace of economic change in our modern world. Lester B. Pearson

My mistake was in underestimating the emotional force of a song you have already hear a thousand times. Augusten Burroughs

To overestimate the originality of one's thoughts is perhaps a less serious defect than being unaware of their newness. There is a more pronounced lack of sensitivity in underestimating (ourselves and others) than in overestimating. Eric Hoffer

I am far from underestimating the importance of dividends, but I rank dividends below human character. Theodore Roosevelt

Our ideal is the statesman who knows and loves his country and who never makes the mistake of underestimating his employer, either in intelligence or strength. Margery Allingham