Sentence examples similar to reason and conviction from inspiring English sources
In fact, citizens were urged by Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong not to be "passive bystanders in their own fate" but to debate issues "with reason, passion and conviction".
Whichcote's optimism about human reason and his conviction that philosophy properly belongs within the domain of religion, is an outlook shared by the other Cambridge Platonists, all of whom affirmed the compatibility of reason and faith.
Mr. Finegan, 44, who went into the trial believing that a person smoked cigarettes as a choice, found among his fellow jurors a reasoned and unanimous conviction to punish the tobacco industry.
That it wasn't just a matter of debate and reason, but of passion and conviction too.
But having personally witnessed the process over the last few years - with the blessing of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who permitted me to participate and assist through the preparatory period in various capacities - I can say with a good degree of certainty and conviction that the reasons were neither organizational nor theological, even if the excuses sometimes were.
Enthusiasm and conviction is no substitute for reason and evidence".
For reasons of conviction and party management, Cameron needs to conduct a genuine, historic renegotiation of substance.
It the main reason his conviction was finally quashed.
Eventually, Riggan opened up to his parents, who came to understand his reasons and admire his convictions.
An important reason was that their ideals and convictions wavered.
