The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power.

Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.

For in reason all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

Government is not reason it is not eloquent it is force. Like fire it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

A good day is one where I can not just read a book but write a review of it. Maybe today I'll be able to do that. I get for some reason somewhat stronger when the sun starts to go down. Dusk is a good time for me. I'm crepuscular.

There are some good people. But a good chunk of them will lie for no reason at all - it'll be ten o'clock and they'll tell you it's nine. You're looking at the clock and you can't even fathom why they're lying. They just lie because that's what they do.

Sarcasm I now see to be in general the language of the devil for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it.

The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation of getting something for nothing not because they have a concern for what is good for the country.

You know when you really connect with the instrument and everything just comes out on an emotional level very naturally through your playing. That's you know a great night. And I think the reason I love touring so much is you're chasing that high around all the time trying to have another good night.

The past is our definition. We may strive with good reason to escape it or to escape what is bad in it. But we will escape it only by adding something better to it.

This battle for 'common-sense' gun control laws pits emotion and passion against logic and reason. All too often in such a contest logic loses. So expect more meaningless if not harmful 'gun control' legislation. Good news - if you're a crook.

They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.

I guess the real reason that my wife and I had children is the same reason that Napoleon had for invading Russia: it seemed like a good idea at the time.

In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason.

There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from instruction by us human beings. We humans are - more humane.

I think one of the basic reasons men make good friends is that they can make up their minds quickly.

A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.