Grounds Quotes

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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason. — Livy
[Theodore Roosevelt] was a naturalist on the broadest grounds, uniting much technical knowledge with knowledge of the daily lives and habits of all forms of… — John Burroughs
Even if the received opinion be not only true, but the whole truth; unless it is suffered to be, and actually is, vigorously and earnestly… — John Stuart Mill
Curtailment of free speech is rationalized on grounds that a more compelling American tradition forbids criticism of the government when the nation is at war...… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
When there are rational grounds for an opinion, people are content to set them forth and wait for them to operate. In such cases, people… — Bertrand Russell
That we can now think of no mechanism for astrology is relevant but unconvincing. No mechanism was known, for example, for continental drift when it… — Carl Sagan
This new enemy seeks to destroy our freedom and impose its views. We value life; the terrorists ruthlessly destroy it. We value education; the terrorists… — George W. Bush
Those who can serve best, those who help most, those who sacrifice most, those are the people who will be loved in life and honoured… — Annie Besant
Upon the whole, Chymistry is as yet but an opening science, closely connected with the usefull and ornamental arts, and worthy the attention of the… — Joseph Black
We may observe in some of the abrupt grounds we meet with, sections of great masses of strata, where it is as easy to read… — Jean-Andre Deluc
Time is in itself [not] a difficulty, but a time-rate, assumed on very insufficient grounds, is used as a master-key, whether or not it fits,… — Joseph Prestwich
The fact that some people are opposed on religious grounds mainly, well, that doesn't bother me as long as they're not allowed to influence other… — Henry Morgentaler
As so often happens in philosophy, clever people accept a false general principle on a priori grounds and then devote endless labour and ingenuity to… — C. D. Broad
A growing number of respectable scientists are defecting from the evolutionist camp.....moreover, for the most part these "experts" have abandoned Darwinism, not on the basis… — Wolfgang Smith
One mustn't criticize other people on grounds where he can't stand perpendicular himself — Mark Twain
Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of religion, and the authority of legislation, are by many regarded… — Immanuel Kant
What our leaders and pundits never let slip is that the terrorists-whatever else they might be-might also be rational human beings ; which is to… — William Blum
Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief. while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it. — William Shenstone
The statement "I am in pain" may be one piece of evidence for the conclusion that the speaker is in pain, but it is not… — Peter Singer
Propaganda tries to force a doctrine on the whole people; the [party] organization embraces within its scope only those who do not threaten on psychological… — Adolf Hitler

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