#logic

Racists are irrational and illogical in their attempts to justify their prejudices. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

#illogical #irrational #justify #prejudices #racists

The psychological basis of the metropolitan type of individuality consists in the intensification of nervous stimulation which results from the swift and uninterrupted change of outer and inner stimuli. ↗

— Georg Simmel

#change #consists #individuality #inner #intensification

They do not say Roosevelt saved our system. They say he has given us a new one. That is logical. ↗

— John T. Flynn

#logical #new #our #roosevelt #saved

In liberal logic, if life is unfair then the answer is to turn more tax money over to politicians, to spend in ways that will increase their chances of getting reelected. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#chances #getting #increase #liberal #life

The simplest and most psychologically satisfying explanation of any observed phenomenon is that it happened that way because someone wanted it to happen that way. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#because #explanation #happen #happened #most

Sometimes the person who is the most logical is the person whom we call insane. ↗

— Kevin Spacey

#insane #logical #most #person #sometimes

The thematic, psychological, and cultural concerns of a writer are more relevant than whatever literary mode he or she chooses to deal with in any given novel. ↗

— Norman Spinrad

#chooses #concerns #cultural #deal #given

Every trial lawyer knows what it is like to sit patiently while the other side puts on its case. Inevitably they make a few points that appeal to the jury, and waiting for the opportunity to respond can be painful. The desire to jump up immediately - to point out the flaws in logic or the factual distortions - is often overpowering. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#case #desire #distortions #every #factual

I have long said there are three distinct groups under the GOP's tent: theological warriors, who want to impose their social views on the rest of society; Tea Party zealots, who say with a straight face that they want the government to get out of their Medicare; and remnants of the pro-business moderates. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#face #get #gop #government #groups

The Republican argument that raising the debt ceiling encourages additional future spending is logically irresponsible. The debt ceiling has to be raised to authorize spending already approved by Congress. Despite that fallacy, the GOP has been able to score political points with its argument. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#additional #already #approved #argument #authorize