reason Quotes

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.

Some of my colleagues argue that by further curtailing our Second Amendment rights, they can enhance public safety. Fine, the burden of proof is on them.

Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.

Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies.

I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.

Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.

Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.

All generalizations are false, including this one.

If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but deteriorate the cat.

Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.