#reasonable

If I'm in a political argument, I think I can, with reasonable accuracy and without boasting, put the other person's side of the case at least as well as they could. One has to be able to say that in any well-conducted argument. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#accuracy #any #argument #boasting #case

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#cases #equal #equal rights #law #majority

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 meaning of the concept empire, especially the comparison with the Roman Empire. ↗

— Donald Kagan

#america #any #anything #between #called

Faith means intense, usually confident, belief that is not based on evidence sufficient to command assent from every reasonable person. ↗

— Walter Kaufmann

#based #belief #command #confident #every

With two people and luggage on board she draws four inches of water. Two canoe paddles will move her along at a speed reasonable enough in moderate currents. ↗

— C. S. Forester

#board #canoe #currents #draws #enough

When you meet me, I can be charming and intelligent and reasonable. ↗

— Ted Kotcheff

#i #i can #intelligent #me #meet

Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a good book, kills reason its self. ↗

— John Milton

#creature #destroys #god #good #good book

Women would rather be right than reasonable. ↗

— Ogden Nash

#reasonable #right #than #women #would

The question is: How do we reduce spending from 25% of GDP, which is where Obama put us? The focus is on total government spending. Can we bring it down, in a reasonable and politically acceptable way? That's what the Paul Ryan plan does. It puts us on a gradual reform path to reducing the size of government. ↗

— Grover Norquist

#bring #does #down #focus #gdp

Statutes authorizing unreasonable searches were the core concern of the framers of the 4th Amendment. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#amendment #authorizing #concern #core #framers