“Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning.”
Karen Horney book Our Inner Conflicts
Our Inner Conflicts (1945) http://encarta.msn.com/quote_561555562/Reason_Rationalization_may_be_defined_as.html

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
“Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning.”
Karen Horney book Our Inner Conflicts
Our Inner Conflicts (1945) http://encarta.msn.com/quote_561555562/Reason_Rationalization_may_be_defined_as.html