Pocahontas was the reason the Virginia colony didn't disappear, unlike some earlier attempts.

Pocahontas was the reason the Virginia colony didn't disappear, unlike some earlier attempts, ... We can thank her for that.

We believed that [in earlier attempts to pass such a proposal] we got bogged down by having those specifically included in the wording,

The reason it didn't do well is because it was black and white. Back then, as long as they were in color, even the bad films were released. If 'Plan 9' had been in color, it would have been long forgotten by now!

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.

Brad has won a Super Bowl and is a great quarterback. We brought him in here for that reason. He's definitely going to come in and do a fine job for us, I think.