Sentence examples for be open to reason from inspiring English sources

Know what you believe and stick with it, but be open to reason.

The extremists, harder to deal with, may find themselves sweeping up supporters who are open to reason.

In a 2007 deliberative poll in Northern Ireland on education reform, the percentage willing to agree that "most Catholics" or "most Protestants" were "open to reason" rose 16 points.

The audience that I believe that evolution by example will most likely have this effect on is the great mass of people that are open to reason concerning whether evolution has occurred, but do not understand what it means to accept this claim.

By contrast, the pope's opposition to capital punishment is conditional, not absolute, and the church's application of just war principles is open to reasoned debate.

Although Alexander was stubborn and did not respond well to orders from his father, he was open to reasoned debate.

For instance, objectivists are more likely to attribute a religious grounding to morality than non-objectivists, and non-objectivists are more likely to be open to considering alternative reasons than objectivists (see Goodwin and Darley 2010).

If you still wear a mohawk at 50, give your kids a chance to express their feelings and be open to discussing the reasons for your choice.

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"I'm not asking (policymakers) to be open to this for sentimental reasons.

I'm asking them to be open to it for public reasons," George once said.