You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The finding of arguments for a conclusion given in advance is not philosophy, but special pleading — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
What corporations fear most are consumers who ask questions. Naomi Klein offers us the arguments with which to take on the superbrands. — Billy Bragg Copy Share Image
“it is often a good idea to state a thesis (an argument) which you are going to illustrate or explore in the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In too many marriage conflicts, we work too hard at winning the argument and too little at winning the heart. — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
Debating is not an honest intellectual exercise. It's like a trial in which the goal is not to get to the truth… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
A novel is an impression, not an argument; and there the matter must rest. — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
The quarrel is a very pretty quarrel as it stands - we should only spoil it by trying to explain it. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Copy Share Image
The strongest argument for the un-materialistic character of American life is that we tolerate conditions that are, from a materialistic point of… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
“The real purpose of the opposition is to minimize the amount of money the ruling party will have stolen from the people… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
When observers look back 50 years from now, the arguments supporting Florida's ban on same-sex marriage, though just as sincerely held [as… — Robert Lewis Hinkle Copy Share Image
Matt 13:57. Then Jesus told them, 'A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown and among his own family.' The… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
If the argument is that failure helps you succeed, well, so does success and it's quicker. This suggests at least one reason… — Norman Geras Copy Share Image
Every discussion which is made from an egoistic standpoint is corrupted from the start and cannot yield an absolutely sure conclusion. The… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
“If I hurt your feelings we ought to discuss it. I don't like this kiss-and-forget.' 'But I don't want to argue. I… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future.… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Republicans define freedom as an absence of restraints imposed by government. Democrats define freedom as an absence of necessity, which government exists… — George Will Copy Share Image
Regarding social order, [Francis] Fukuyama writes, "The systematic study of how order, and thus social capital, can emerge in spontaneous and decentralized… — Douglass North Copy Share Image
The claim is also sometimes made that science is as arbitrary or irrational as all other claims to knowledge, or that reason… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
I do get stressed at times, but I love what I do as an actor. This is the part that I don't… — Gerard Butler Copy Share Image
... if you insist that the inference is made by a chain of reasoning, I desire you to produce that reasoning. The… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Well, it has done terrifying things. Religious ideas are inflammatory in a way that I find difficult to understand. There are very… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
For 40 years, my argument has been that democratizing ownership of wealth has been the key to egalitarian society and the goals… — Gar Alperovitz Copy Share Image
In presenting a mathematical argument the great thing is to give the educated reader the chance to catch on at once to… — John Edensor Littlewood Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, the best argument in favour of the old... is the new!” — Apostolos Doxiadis Copy Share Image
He that is not open to conviction is not qualified for discussion. — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
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