If you would like another sweeping statement from me, here it is.

I do try not to make sweeping statements about belivers on an individual level however.

But from what he had seen so far, it seemed that when humans made such sweeping statements, they usually did "think of something."

What am I talking about with such a sweeping statement?

I have never in all my articles and books made such a sweeping statement.

When a man makes a sweeping statement, he often has mental reservations.

I'd be most interested to see what evidence you have to back up this rather sweeping statement.

Nobody makes sweeping statements about the entire population of London based on stop & search, do they?

That's the kind of sweeping statement a foreigner would make.

Apparently, the author is among those Americans who see little reason to provide any evidence for their most sweeping statements of fact.