Reason Quotes

13387 Reason quotes by 6691 unique authors

There has never been any evidence that the death penalty reduces capital crimes or that crimes increased when executions stopped. Tragic mistakes are prevalent...It is… — Jimmy Carter
I have reached the conviction that the abolition of the death penalty is desirable. Reasons: 1) Irreparability in the event of an error of justice,… — Albert Einstein
Conservatives have every reason to believe the death penalty system is no different from any politicized, costly, inefficient, bureaucratic, government-run operation, which we conservatives know… — Richard Viguerie
Nine times out of ten we find reasons for everything going on that aren't paranormal. — Brian Robertson
There is absolutely no reason for being rushed along with the rush. Everybody should be free to go slow. — Robert Frost
Are we to have a censor whose imprimatur shall say what books may be sold, and what we may buy? And who is thus to… — Thomas Jefferson
We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible. You cannot educate… — Oliver Wendell Holmes
The human condition today is better than it's ever been, and technology is one of the reasons for that. — Tom Clancy
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casteth out fear. Fear is a painful emotion that arises at the thought that we may… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Our intelligence is imperfect, surely, and newly arisen; the ease with which it can be sweet-talked, overwhelmed, or subverted by other hardwired propensities - sometimes… — Carl Sagan
What, after all, is the public under present conditions? What are the reasons for its eclipse? What hinders it from finding and identifying itself? By… — John Dewey
There are only two reasons for buying a book, after all. Either we intend to read it, in which case most of us find a… — Geoffrey Nunberg
Everything is on such a clear financial basis in France. It is the simplest country to live in. No one makes things complicated by becoming… — Ernest Hemingway
It is however always important to remember that the ability to see things in their correct perspective may be, and often is, divorced from the… — Joseph A. Schumpeter
Capitalism drives the employers to do their worst to the employed, and the employed to do the least for them. And it boasts all the… — George Bernard Shaw
One day, because they realize for some reason or other that they must stop credit expansion, the banks do stop creating new credit to lend.… — Ludwig von Mises
The president says we need to raise the debt ceiling because America pays its bills. No if we paid our bills we wouldn't have all… — Peter Schiff
First reason is, it's not authorized in the Constitution, it's an illegal institution. The second reason, it's an immoral institution, because we have delivered to… — Ron Paul
I think people sometimes don't pay enough attention to what they do. I've done well, but the reason is pretty simple: I've worked my ass… — Justin Timberlake
Write out of love, write out of instinct, write out of reason. But always for money. — Louis Untermeyer
For complex reasons, our culture allows "economy" to mean only "money economy." It equates success and even goodness with monetary profit because it lacks any… — Wendell Berry
If you establish a democracy, you must in due time reap the fruits of a democracy. You will in due season have great impatience of… — Benjamin Disraeli
We must make democracy the popular creed...If we should fail to do this, our people are bound to suffer... That is what my father said.… — Aung San Suu Kyi
It is obvious that the most despotic forms of social organization would be suitable for inert men who are satisfied with the situation fate has… — Madame de Stael
For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the… — Robert Jastrow

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