Jimmy Carter (1924) American politician, 39th president of the United States (in office from 1977 to 1981)
“Celebrating faith over reason is merely a way of denying what is, in favor of embracing any whim that strikes your fancy.”
— Terry Goodkind, book Confessor
Source: Confessor (2007), published by Tor Books
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Frank Van Dun (1947) Belgian law philosopher
"The Logic of Common Morality" http://web.archive.org/web/20060616233942/http://www.stephankinsella.com/texts/vandun_philosophy_argument.pdf, from E.M. Barth and J.L. Martens, eds., Argumentation Approaches to Theory Formation: Containing the contributions to the Groningen Conference on the Theory of Argumentation, October 1978 (Benjamins, 1982; original from the University of Michigan, digitized Mar 12, 2007. ISBN 9-027-23007-2, 333 pages).
“Reason is in fact the path to faith, and faith takes over when reason can say no more.”
Thomas Merton (1915–1968) Priest and author
Milton Friedman (1912–2006) American economist, statistician, and writer
As quoted in Conservatives Betrayed: How George W. Bush and other big government Republicans hijacked the conservative cause (2006) by Richard A Viguerie, p. 46 <!-- similar to statement previously dated (16 September 2003) — but linked page indicates "interview" by John Hawkins dated 25 February 2012 http://www.rightwingnews.com/interviews/friedman.php : I am in favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. … because I believe the big problem is not taxes, the big problem is spending. The question is, "How do you hold down government spending?" Government spending now amounts to close to 40% of national income not counting indirect spending through regulation and the like. If you include that, you get up to roughly half. The real danger we face is that number will creep up and up and up. The only effective way I think to hold it down, is to hold down the amount of income the government has. The way to do that is to cut taxes. --> <br class="br">Context: I am in favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. … because I believe the big problem is not taxes, the big problem is spending. I believe our government is too large and intrusive, that we do not get our money's worth for the roughly 40 percent of our income that is spent by government … How can we ever cut government down to size? I believe there is one and only one way: the way parents control spendthrift children, cutting their allowance. For government, that means cutting taxes.
Robert Graves (1895–1985) English poet and novelist
"The Case for Xanthippe" in The Crane Bag (1969).
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Aron Ra (1962) Aron Ra is an atheist activist and the host of the Ra-Men Podcast
Patheos, A Letter to a Certain Christian http://www.patheos.com/blogs/reasonadvocates/2013/10/12/a-letter-to-a-certain-christian/ (October 12, 2013)
Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma (1813–1846) Maharajah of Travencore
His perception of modern science is explicitly stated in ‘An enlightened and princely patron of true science".
Walter Rauschenbusch (1861–1918) United States Baptist theologian
Source: Christianity and the Social Crisis (1907), Ch.2 The Social Aims of Jesus, p. 48-49
