Reasonable Quotes

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For the trustees to turn away from the entirely reasonable request of the students that a hearing-impaired individual be made president of the college is… — Barney Frank
Legislators in Kansas, Arizona and 23 other states who are properly determined to protect religious freedom can begin by asking themselves: Does any religious conviction… — David Blankenhorn
God's wrath is not an implacable, blind rage. However emotional it may be, it is an entirely reasonable and willed response to offenses against his… — D. A. Carson
Look, I think liberals have reasonable gripes with Fox News. It does lean to the right, primarily in its opinion programming but also in its… — Jonah Goldberg
I like to play with someone who can cover a lot of ground and someone with whom you can discuss the language at a reasonable… — Andy Summers
My sister stood up, trembling, and I must admit that I expected her familiar sneer to have taken its usual place on her face. But… — J. Robert Lennon
All comparisons between America's current place in the world and anything legitimately called an empire in the past reveal ignorance and confusion about any reasonable… — Donald Kagan
It is futile to debate on what is wrong and right with people whose remorse is not their punishment, nor is it reasonable to care… — Khem Veasna
We always carry out by committee anything in which any one of us alone would be too reasonable to persist. — Frank Moore Colby
The measure of (mental) health is flexibility (not comparison to some 'norm'), the freedom to learn from experience ... to be influenced by reasonable arguments… — David Brin
Nothing drives your opponents more crazy than being utterly reasonable. And nothing makes demonizing or delegitimizing your opponents easier than letting them shriek unreasonable things… — Jonah Goldberg
As for politics, well, it all seemed reasonable enough. When the Conservatives got in anywhere, [Judge] Pepperleigh laughed and enjoyed it, simply because it does… — Stephen Leacock
I am a reasonable and sane functionalist tempered by irrational frivolity. — Alexander Girard
One thing which makes us find so few people who appear reasonable and agreeable in conversation is, that there is scarcely any one who does… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The conviction: I will not tolerate this age. The freedom: the freedom to act on my conviction. And I will act. No one else has… — Walker Percy
Democracy is the superior form of government, because it is based on a respect for man as a reasonable being. — John F. Kennedy
It is reasonable to assume that, by and large, what is not read now will not be read, ever. It is also reasonable to assume… — Gore Vidal
It is natural for men to want power. But to seek power actively takes a temperament baffling to both the simple and the wise. The… — Gore Vidal
Since we can't count on the meat, egg, and dairy industries to protect animals from the most egregious forms of cruelty, what can we, as… — Ingrid Newkirk
If the Nation is living within its income, its credit is good. If, in some crises, it lives beyond its income for a year or… — Franklin D. Roosevelt

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