The phrase 'stand for reason' is correct and usable in written English.
It is usually used to mean that someone is standing up for what they believe to be right. For example, "He may have been outnumbered, but he stood for reason and refused to be influenced by the majority."
The new "structural theory" accounted for the new element by conceiving of the mind in terms of three psychic agencies: the ego, the id, and the superego, which stand for reason, passion, and conscience, and whose fate it is to be locked in perpetual conflict.
By doing so, we are breaking the taboo that comes with renouncing Islam but also taking a stand for reason, universal rights and values, and secularism.
It should be no surprise that Mr. Lévy, who stands for reason and engagement, loses this battle of wits against Mr. Houellebecq, who stands for almost nothing.
He does not say so, but I assume that the Liberal Democrats stood for "reason, evidence and compromise" in his world view; but who are the forces of "grievance and unreasoned populism" now running rampant, I wonder?
The first R stands for reason.
No one should stand for any reason.
We can join hands around uniting principles as people who stand for tolerance, reason, legal equality, and other modern virtues in one common purpose: to leave a better world for our children.
"But I stand for the same reason they don't.
The "di" will stand for the actual reason(s) for the belief.
In a silly attempt to stand up for reason, the Centers for Disease control and various medical authorities say these quarantines may actually hinder the Ebola fight and are not medically necessary, which shows what they know.
("Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team. Stephen Curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn!") Before the Super Bowl this year, Trump tweeted out demands for standing during the anthem; the players did stand, for reasons of their own, leaving him with no one, immediately, to berate.
