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I think the extremes in both parties are wrong on this. Most Americans believe that there is a reasonable time period, and it generally falls in the first trimester, when you look at this issue, most people want reasonableness and they want a rational discussion on it. – Mike Lawler	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I think it’s quite rational to make contingency plans. I wouldn’t expect a lockdown to be needed for flu, but presumably there are different response levels. – Ben Cowling	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Rational argument can be conducted with some prospect of success only so long as the emotionality of a given situation does not exceed a certain critical degree. If the affective temperature rises above this level, the possibility of reason’s having any effect ceases and its place is taken by slogans and chimerical wish fantasies. That is to say, a sort of collective possession results which rapidly develops into a psychic epidemic. – Carl Jung	added by Normando 1 year ago
In Colorado, we have a magazine limit – 15 bullets, no more than 15 bullets in a magazine. So effectively, it reduces the ability of high-powered weapons to do harm. So look, I think all these things, including the red flag law, and expanding its use should really be looked at, but again, it's not just about gun policy. Yes, that should be on the table to discuss in a thoughtful, rational way. But we also need to talk about mental health. We need to talk about the divisive rhetoric that even some people who aspire to positions of leadership in our country unfortunately use almost every day. – Jared Polis	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The whole of the circumstantial evidence satisfies me that Mr Dawson is dead, that Mr Dawson died on or about 8 January 1982, and that Mr Dawson did not voluntarily abandon Mr Dawson home, i'm satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the only rational inference that the circumstances enable me to draw is that Mr Dawson died or on about 8 January 1982 as the result of a conscious and voluntary act committed by Mr Dawson with the intention of causing Mr Dawson death. – Ian Harrison	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It doesn't seem like [Gascon is] rational. It doesn't seem like he's even realizing because I think he thinks that he's playing into his supporters and followers, he's going against every grain of support that the victims deserve and should have. And he's supporting offenders and criminals. – Patricia Wenskunas	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I think there's a realization on the part of rational Republicans -- and I consider Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell a rational Republican, Cornyn as well -- there's a recognition on their part they can't continue like this. – Joe Biden	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Tesla's ability to achieve a trillion dollar valuation... is a confirmation that paying up for future earnings potential is still a rational investment with the right business model. – Louis Navellier	Found on CNN 2 years ago
That would be the rational thing to do. – Volodymyr Zelenskyy	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The developments in Russia demonstrate the assumptions that autocratic leadership will always make rational decisions have been thoroughly destroyed by Vladimir Putin -- in Vladimir Putin decision to invade Ukraine, it does not mean that Xi Jinping will tomorrow decide to use force against Taiwan because Xi Jinping friend in Moscow decided to do so against Ukraine. – Michael Cole	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It was always predictable, this was all very apparent to people that were rational thinkers on energy. – Michael Shellenberger	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It's not an unusual tactic. I just don't find it a very helpful tactic, you add a lot of extra stress and high risk, which some people like because it forces the other side to make a decision. But it's not always the best way to make a good, rational economic decision by waiting until the last minute, throwing all these numbers around. – Art Wheaton	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Most rational thinkers agree that public schools should not be home to political activism, from any side of the political divide, but public schools across America, from Boston to Seattle, have opened their doors for activist teachings from the divisive Black Lives Matter political organization, under the cover of a week of action, called ‘Black Lives Matter at School,’ children as young as 5 years old are being trained how to be political activists. – Asra Nomani	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
You could not invent a better advertisement for the legislative filibuster than what we've just seen, a President abandoning rational persuasion for pure, pure, demagoguery, a president shouting that 52 senators and millions of Americans are racist unless he gets whatever he wants is proving exactly why the framers built the Senate to check his power. – Mitch McConnell	Found on CNN 2 years ago
When we're facing a high stress conversation, we have an adrenal response to it -- all rational thought leaves your brain. – Fotini Iconomopoulos	Found on CNN 2 years ago
If the word only made you think of rational, deserved causes like teaching a less whitewashed version of American history, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez would still want to own it. But it's a joke because it makes you think of people who wake up offended and take orders from Twitter. And their oversensitivity has grown tiresome. – Bill Maher	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It’s all pretty rational. The problem is where do you go from here? Valuations are quite high. – David Bahnsen	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
Now fear had begun, a rational response instead of insanity. – Philip K. Dick	added by scottholstad 2 years ago
I believe that what I’m saying is rational, and it’s free…We live in the land of the free and the home of the brave and we have the opportunity and the platform to say what it is that we feel that is right. I’m taking that right to do so, not just for me, but for all of those people who feel like they don’t have a voice. – Jonathan Isaac	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We fully understand the role that coal and other fossil fuels have played in Australia's economy, even if mining accounts for a small fraction — around 2 % — of overall jobs, but it's essential to have a broader, more honest and rational conversation about what is in Australia's interests, because the bottom line is clear : If the world does not rapidly phase out coal, climate change will wreak havoc right across the Australian economy, from agriculture to tourism, and right across the services sector. Similarly, construction, housing and the property sector, in a country where the vast majority live on or near a coastline. It will be even more catastrophic in your neighborhood. – Selwin Hart	Found on CNN 2 years ago
There are many rational explanations for these UAP, but all of them are extraordinary. – Luis Elizondo	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We need to stop and really investigate the jobs we are trying to bring back to the economy, these are low-paying jobs. Instead of blaming the worker for making a rational choice during an ongoing pandemic, maybe it's time as a society to look at the jobs we are trying to create. – Nela Richardson	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I'm Jeffrey Butts. I'm going to stop, I don't feel threatened, there are people whose rational expectation is that( the stop) puts them in danger. They're going to have different response. It's amazing to me that we haven't confronted that and individual police officers don't think about that. They're just shocked and angered by someone daring to not comply. – Jeffrey Butts	Found on CNN 2 years ago
These debates are not about rational thinking or evidence. People will probably put Birmingham City University into the context of Birmingham City University being historical and of Birmingham City University time, the royal family has a terrible record on race, but no incident has radically changed thinking before, so why would it now ? – Kehinde Andrews	Found on CNN 2 years ago

I think the extremes in both parties are wrong on this. Most Americans believe that there is a reasonable time period, and it generally falls in the first trimester, when you look at this issue, most people want reasonableness and they want a rational discussion on it.

– Mike Lawler

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think it’s quite rational to make contingency plans. I wouldn’t expect a lockdown to be needed for flu, but presumably there are different response levels.

– Ben Cowling

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Rational argument can be conducted with some prospect of success only so long as the emotionality of a given situation does not exceed a certain critical degree. If the affective temperature rises above this level, the possibility of reason’s having any effect ceases and its place is taken by slogans and chimerical wish fantasies. That is to say, a sort of collective possession results which rapidly develops into a psychic epidemic.

– Carl Jung

added by Normando
1 year ago

In Colorado, we have a magazine limit – 15 bullets, no more than 15 bullets in a magazine. So effectively, it reduces the ability of high-powered weapons to do harm. So look, I think all these things, including the red flag law, and expanding its use should really be looked at, but again, it's not just about gun policy. Yes, that should be on the table to discuss in a thoughtful, rational way. But we also need to talk about mental health. We need to talk about the divisive rhetoric that even some people who aspire to positions of leadership in our country unfortunately use almost every day.

– Jared Polis

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The whole of the circumstantial evidence satisfies me that Mr Dawson is dead, that Mr Dawson died on or about 8 January 1982, and that Mr Dawson did not voluntarily abandon Mr Dawson home, i'm satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the only rational inference that the circumstances enable me to draw is that Mr Dawson died or on about 8 January 1982 as the result of a conscious and voluntary act committed by Mr Dawson with the intention of causing Mr Dawson death.

– Ian Harrison

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It doesn't seem like [Gascon is] rational. It doesn't seem like he's even realizing because I think he thinks that he's playing into his supporters and followers, he's going against every grain of support that the victims deserve and should have. And he's supporting offenders and criminals.

– Patricia Wenskunas

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I think there's a realization on the part of rational Republicans -- and I consider Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell a rational Republican, Cornyn as well -- there's a recognition on their part they can't continue like this.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Tesla's ability to achieve a trillion dollar valuation... is a confirmation that paying up for future earnings potential is still a rational investment with the right business model.

– Louis Navellier

Found on CNN
2 years ago

That would be the rational thing to do.

– Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The developments in Russia demonstrate the assumptions that autocratic leadership will always make rational decisions have been thoroughly destroyed by Vladimir Putin -- in Vladimir Putin decision to invade Ukraine, it does not mean that Xi Jinping will tomorrow decide to use force against Taiwan because Xi Jinping friend in Moscow decided to do so against Ukraine.

– Michael Cole

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It was always predictable, this was all very apparent to people that were rational thinkers on energy.

– Michael Shellenberger

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It's not an unusual tactic. I just don't find it a very helpful tactic, you add a lot of extra stress and high risk, which some people like because it forces the other side to make a decision. But it's not always the best way to make a good, rational economic decision by waiting until the last minute, throwing all these numbers around.

– Art Wheaton

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Most rational thinkers agree that public schools should not be home to political activism, from any side of the political divide, but public schools across America, from Boston to Seattle, have opened their doors for activist teachings from the divisive Black Lives Matter political organization, under the cover of a week of action, called ‘Black Lives Matter at School,’ children as young as 5 years old are being trained how to be political activists.

– Asra Nomani

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

You could not invent a better advertisement for the legislative filibuster than what we've just seen, a President abandoning rational persuasion for pure, pure, demagoguery, a president shouting that 52 senators and millions of Americans are racist unless he gets whatever he wants is proving exactly why the framers built the Senate to check his power.

– Mitch McConnell

Found on CNN
2 years ago

When we're facing a high stress conversation, we have an adrenal response to it -- all rational thought leaves your brain.

– Fotini Iconomopoulos

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If the word only made you think of rational, deserved causes like teaching a less whitewashed version of American history, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez would still want to own it. But it's a joke because it makes you think of people who wake up offended and take orders from Twitter. And their oversensitivity has grown tiresome.

– Bill Maher

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It’s all pretty rational. The problem is where do you go from here? Valuations are quite high.

– David Bahnsen

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

Now fear had begun, a rational response instead of insanity.

– Philip K. Dick

added by scottholstad
2 years ago

I believe that what I’m saying is rational, and it’s free…We live in the land of the free and the home of the brave and we have the opportunity and the platform to say what it is that we feel that is right. I’m taking that right to do so, not just for me, but for all of those people who feel like they don’t have a voice.

– Jonathan Isaac

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We fully understand the role that coal and other fossil fuels have played in Australia's economy, even if mining accounts for a small fraction — around 2 % — of overall jobs, but it's essential to have a broader, more honest and rational conversation about what is in Australia's interests, because the bottom line is clear : If the world does not rapidly phase out coal, climate change will wreak havoc right across the Australian economy, from agriculture to tourism, and right across the services sector. Similarly, construction, housing and the property sector, in a country where the vast majority live on or near a coastline. It will be even more catastrophic in your neighborhood.

– Selwin Hart

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There are many rational explanations for these UAP, but all of them are extraordinary.

– Luis Elizondo

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We need to stop and really investigate the jobs we are trying to bring back to the economy, these are low-paying jobs. Instead of blaming the worker for making a rational choice during an ongoing pandemic, maybe it's time as a society to look at the jobs we are trying to create.

– Nela Richardson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I'm Jeffrey Butts. I'm going to stop, I don't feel threatened, there are people whose rational expectation is that( the stop) puts them in danger. They're going to have different response. It's amazing to me that we haven't confronted that and individual police officers don't think about that. They're just shocked and angered by someone daring to not comply.

– Jeffrey Butts

Found on CNN
2 years ago

These debates are not about rational thinking or evidence. People will probably put Birmingham City University into the context of Birmingham City University being historical and of Birmingham City University time, the royal family has a terrible record on race, but no incident has radically changed thinking before, so why would it now ?

– Kehinde Andrews

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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