#reason

America's state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that "treason" is morally worse than murder or rape. ↗

— William Blum

#citizenry #convinced #many #morally #murder

I would, therefore, say that for no reason whatsoever, except in self-defence, should one think of killing any animal. ↗

— Morarji Desai

#any #except #i #killing #no reason

Now we have reason to be grateful once again that Al Gore is not the man in the White House, and never will be. ↗

— William Bennett

#al #al gore #be grateful #gore #grateful

No, I've been singing forever. I started out doing musicals. I think that was part of the reason why they gave me the part, because I sang. ↗

— Zooey Deschanel

#been #doing #forever #gave #i

We have our own reasons for what's motivating us right now. ↗

— Troy Vincent

#now #our #own #reasons #right

Some of us claim that New York City is the capital of the country, indeed the capital of the world. Now, that may be a bit much for those who don't come from New York, but clearly we are an important city for reasons of our cultural advantages. ↗

— David Dinkins

#bit #capital #city #claim #clearly

What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a theatre? are they two and not one? Can they exist separate? Are not religion and politics the same thing? Brotherhood is religion. O demonstrations of reason dividing families in cruelty and pride! ↗

— William Blake

#church #cruelty #demonstrations #dividing #exist

I think we have lost our groove as a country. One of the reasons was the attack on 9/11. We got knocked off our game. From a country that always exported hope we went into the business of exporting fear. ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#attack #business #country #exporting #fear

He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God; He must be no man, and quench his reasonable soul, before he can say to himself, there is no God. ↗

— John Donne

#creature #eyes #god #himself #his

At the constitutional level where we work, 90 percent of any decision is emotional. The rational part of us supplies the reasons for supporting our predilections. ↗

— William O. Douglas

#constitutional #decision #emotional #level #our