The rules of morality are not the conclusion of our reason.
David Hume
Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.
Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections... →
It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.
It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom.
What farmers require is, that the prices should be moderate, and the markets steady; and for this reason I did, in 1826, 1827, and 1828, take the... →
Joseph Hume
I see no reason for giving the capital employed in agriculture greater protection than the capital vested in other branches of trade, manufacture, or... →
So the reason that the Bay of Pigs failed was that the original promise made by Eisenhower was not kept by the subsequent Administration. It allowed... →
E. Howard Hunt
There is no more reason why the features belonging to a picture should be distorted for the purpose of such imaginative suggestion than that the... →
William H. Hunt
I'm not competing in Iowa for a reason.
Jon Huntsman, Jr.