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Reason Quotes - Page 59

The only reason that there has been no sabotage or espionage on the part of Japanese-Americans is that they are waiting for the right moment to strike.

Testimony on Internment of people of Japanese Ancestry before the House Select Committee Investigating National Defense Migration (Tolan Committee), 1941.

The reason I never wanted to sign with a big label was because I didn't want no one telling me how to make my music.

"Danny Brown Town". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 9, 2012.

If one's cause is supported by sound reasoning, there is no point in using violence. It is those who have no motive other than selfish desire and who cannot achieve their goal through logical reasoning who rely on force.

Dalai Lama, Anne Benson, Fabien Ouaki (2016). “Imagine All the People: A Conversation with the Dalai Lama on Money, Politics, and Life As It Could Be”, p.127, Simon and Schuster

To be against rationalization is not the same as to be opposed to reasoning.

Christopher Hitchens (2012). “Love, Poverty and War: Journeys and Essays”, p.355, Atlantic Books Ltd

I have never thought that the circumstance of God's having forgiven me was any reason why I should forgive myself.

Charles Simeon (1847). “Memoirs of the life of the Rev. Charles Simeon ...”, p.303

The highest and most lofty trees have the most reason to dread the thunder.

Charles Rollin (1851). “The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians, and Macedonians”, p.285

The outrageous is the reasonable, if introduced politely.

Charles Fort (2016). “The Book of the Damned: The Original Classic of Paranormal Exploration”, p.19, Penguin