Appeals Quote by Max Horkheimer

Reason is the substance of the universe. The design of the world is absolutely rational.

— Anonymous

There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly.

— Galileo Galilei

Reasons are the spoils of victory. When you've destroyed the enemy, then your leaders write down the reasons in books, and give moving speeches…

— Terry Goodkind

Dictators must have enemies. They must have internal enemies to justify their secret police and external enemies to justify their military forces.

— Richard Perle

Those who disagree with the dictator's plan have no other means to carry on than to defeat the despot by force of arms.

— Ludwig von Mises

Dictators have an old trick to assess the strength of their opposition: they say something patently untrue, and then look to see who mindlessly…

— Barry Gardiner

Reason ... contradicts the established order of men and things on behalf of existing societal forces that reveal the irrational character of this order…

— Herbert Marcuse

The number of people that can reason well is much smaller than those that can reason badly. If reasoning were like hauling rocks, then…

— Galileo Galilei

“Rationalization is what we do when we smooth over any insight that interferes with our good feelings. It's a way of making the unacceptable…

— Susan Forward

“Some people realize what they want, and only then do they find reasons for justifying it. Some find the first reason that comes to…

— Saad Ireland

“Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it.”

— Ayn Rand

“Rationality did not stop the Fascists or the Nazis.”

— Mark Bray