Reasoned Quotes

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If we left the European Union, it would be a one-way ticket, not a return. So we will have time for a proper, reasoned debate.… — David Cameron
The danger of what's happening right now in terms of using reconciliation is, the purpose of the Senate is going to be defeated. And that… — Tom Coburn
Our intellect is not the most subtle, the most powerful, the most appropriate, instrument for revealing the truth. It is life that, little by little,… — Marcel Proust
If mankind is to profit freely from the small and sporadic crop of the heroically gifted it produces, it will have to cultivate the delicate… — Wilfred Trotter
Some people can be reasoned into sense, and others must be shocked into it. — Thomas Paine
If you examined a hundred people who had lost their faith in Christianity, I wonder how many of them would turn out to have reasoned… — C.S. Lewis
In order that the facts obtained by observation and experiment may be capable of being used in furtherance of our exact and solid knowledge, they… — William Whewell
Knox was engaged in a theological discussion with scientist John Scott Haldane. 'In a universe containing millions of planets,' reasoned Haldane, 'is it not inevitable… — Ronald Knox
False conclusions which have been reasoned out are infinitely worse than blind impulse. — Horace Mann
But once we recognize that many ideas that are taken to be quintessentially Western have also flourished in other civilizations, we also see that these… — Amartya Sen
So, he reasoned, if you can identify the sources of a government's power - people working in civil service, police and judges, even the army… — Gene Sharp
Plato used the dialogue format because the exchange of views, the posing and answering of questions, showed that understanding is a living, dynamic process. He… — John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
In classical understanding, education is the attempt to "lead out" from within the self a core of wisdom that has the power to resist falsehood… — Parker J. Palmer
If you have to be reasoned into Christianity, some wise fellow can reason you out of it! If you come to Christ by a flash… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
I have held and hold souls to be immortal.... Speaking as a Catholic, they do not pass from body to body, but go to paradise,… — Giordano Bruno
We are confronted by the appearance of social institutions unintentionally created, vital for the welfare of society, which are not the result of reasoned planning — Carl Menger
In Europe, where climate change absolutism is at its strongest, the quasi-religion of greenery in general and the climate change issue in particular have filled… — Nigel Lawson
Listen and understand. That Terminator is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or… — Michael Biehn
The most crazed religious fanatic argues in more calm and reasoned tones than liberals responding to statistics on concealed-carry permits. — Ann Coulter
Of course, Ankh-Morpork's citizens had always claimed that the river water was incredibly pure. Any water that had passed through so many kidneys, they reasoned,… — Terry Pratchett

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