Reason Quotes

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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… — James Madison
[I]t is the reason alone, of the public, that ought to control and regulate the government. — James Madison
Excessive taxation . . . will carry reason & reflection to every man's door, and particularly in the hour of election. — Thomas Jefferson
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… — James Madison
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… — James Madison
It is a just observation that the people commonly intend the Public Good. This often applies to their very errors. But their good sense would… — Alexander Hamilton
The circumstances that endanger the safety of nations are infinite, and for this reason no constitutional shackles can wisely be imposed on the power to… — Alexander Hamilton
The increasing remoteness of consanguinity is everyday diminishing the force of the family compact between France and Spain. And politicians have ever with great reason… — Alexander Hamilton
Don't be taken in when they paternally pat you on the shoulder and say that there's no inequality worth speaking of and no more reason… — Jean-Paul Marat
I think that today, more so than ever, corporate responsibility is the best strategic as well as financial path that most businesses can follow. For… — Jeffrey Hollender
For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues. — Whoopi Goldberg
The reason why we find ourselves in a position of impotency is not because the enemy has sent men to invade our shores, but rather… — Joseph McCarthy
Reason and Knowledge have always played a secondary, subordinate, auxiliary role in the life of peoples, and this will always be the case. A people… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their taste or their humor, to once from their reason. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted. — George Boole
A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason. — Harold Geneen
One of the fundamental reasons why so many doctors become cynical and disillusioned is precisely because, when the abstract idealism has worn thin, they are… — John Berger
The reason I so rarely break promises to other people? It breaks trust. Without trust, there's no relationship. — Oprah Winfrey
I cannot love anyone if I hate myself. That is the reason why we feel so extremely uncomfortable in the presence of people who are… — Carl Jung
And the reason that i laugh and breathe is oh love — E E Cummings
[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… — James Madison
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… — James Madison
Johnny Cash's face belongs on Mount Rushmore...I don't write as much as I did back when I was writing songs every day. I've come to… — Kris Kristofferson
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,… — James Madison
I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. ... I'm probably writing music now for the same… — Billy Joel

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