86 Quotes About Rationalization

Some wanted to know where they could find girls, wanted us to get Negro girls for them. We learned to spot these from the moment they sat down, for they were immediately friendly and treated us with the warmth and courtesy of equals. I mentioned this to Sterling. "Yeah, when they want to sin, they're very democratic," he said.

Soothing assumptions about the good faith and shared interests of antagonists are natural to democracy, as is the desire to spend money on things other than defense. Getting a democracy to do what does not come naturally requires leadership.

She believed that everything happened for a reason, that everything in life occurred exactly as it should. She knew the line very well might be bullshit, since atrocities throughout human history defied the subscription of any grand belief. But sometimes the fatalistic mantra still gave her peace. If everything happened for a reason, to suck the nectar from the moment, hummingbird-like. Even if that nectar tasted horrible sometimes.

We live Law to ourselves. Our reason is our Law.

I didn't know that empty rationalization was part of your programming," said Ram. "We would not be fit companions for human beings without it.