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Reason Quotes by James Madison
- No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause . . . . With equal, nay with greater reason, bodies of men,…
- Inference is founded upon obvious reasons. Regard to reputation has a less active influence, when the infamy of a bad action is to be divided…
- As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed. As long as…
- Reason, on the contrary, assures us, that as in so great a number, a fit representative would be most likely to be found, so the…
- [I]t is the reason alone, of the public, that ought to control and regulate the government.
- But the mild voice of reason, pleading the cause of an enlarged and permanent interest, is but too often drowned, before public bodies as well…
- The passions, therefore, not the reason, of the public would sit in judgment. But it is the reason, alone, of the public, that ought to…
- [Regarding legislative assemblies,] the number ought at most to be kept within a certain limit, in order to avoid the confusion and intemperance of a…
- For the same reason that the members of the State legislatures will be unlikely to attach themselves sufficiently to national objects, the members of the…
- The best reason to be assigned, in this case, for not having made the Constitution more free from a charge of uncertainty in its meaning,…
- When men exercise their reason coolly and freely, on a variety of distinct questions, they inevitably fall into different opinions, on some of them. When…
- Because we hold it for 'a fundamental and undeniable truth', that religion or 'the duty which we owe to our Creator' and the manner of…
- We look back, already, with astonishment, at the daring outrages committed by despotism, on the reason and rights of man; we look forward with joy,…
- The free system of government we have established is so congenial with reason, with common sense, and with a universal feeling, that it must produce…
- As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed.
- War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason.
- To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and…
- If we are to take for the criterion of truth the majority of suffrages, they ought to be gotten from those philosophic and patriotic citizens…
More Reason Quotes
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- The law is reason, free from passion. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough to apprehend, but not to have, is… — Aristotle
- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn't write, I would stop breathing. — Paul Auster
- The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- For whatever reason, maybe it's because of my story, but people associate Livestrong with exercise and physical fitness, health and lifestyle choices… — Lance Armstrong
- I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die. — Isaac Asimov
- The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the… — Mary Astell
- Dealing with global warming doesn't mean we have all got to suddenly stop breathing. Dealing with global warming means that we have… — David Attenborough