The duty of rhetoric is to deal with such matters as we deliberate upon without arts or systems to guide us, in… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
There's an argument that private debt, in some way, is creating indentured servants in our country. But public debt does not do… — Sam Seder Copy Share Image
The argument that John F. Kennedy was a closet peacenik, ready to give up on what the Vietnamese call the 'American War'… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
One thing about liberals: It doesn't even occur to them that there is another side to an argument. They are so convinced… — Monica Crowley Copy Share Image
A crucial contribution to the ideological argument ...it provides a vital part of the intellectual manifesto on which the battle for a… — Roy Hattersley Copy Share Image
I think it's always dangerous to make political arguments in a religiously ideological way. And it's very dangerous to treat as traitors… — Adam Michnik Copy Share Image
I have dumped a girl over the phone. It's terrible, isn't it? We got into an argument during a phone call, so… — Justin Bieber Copy Share Image
The argument most commonly made in the filibuster's favor is crudely partisan: 'Our side may be in the majority now, but someday… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
A new danger now beset him [Grotius], the danger of becoming simply a venal pleader, a creature who grinds out arguments on… — Andrew Dickson White Copy Share Image
Ronald Reagan, and before him, Richard Nixon, and before Nixon, a slew of conservative politicians going back through American history, have played… — Sasha Abramsky Copy Share Image
The part of the game that fans will soon miss: the argument between manager and umpire! There was something special about watching… — Doug Harvey Copy Share Image
I find myself having rehearsal chats, in my head, for conversations I need to have. Sometimes they are arguments, things I need… — Michael Lomenda Copy Share Image
It's a flaw in our argument, for sure. By any reading of evolutionary theory, creationists ought to have died out ages ago.… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
One of the most extraordinary examples in recent decades [of unitary visions of constitutional enterprise] is found in a book called "Takings"...… — Laurence Tribe Copy Share Image
“Arguing with somebody is never pleasant, but sometimes it is useful and necessary to do so. Just the other day, for example,… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
Sometimes we just walk into something that is not for us at all. We pretend it is. We think we can shrug… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
Words are so often used in the opposite sense, as a screen of diversion. It's the struggle towards truthfulness which is the… — John Berger Copy Share Image
The mere assemblage of peace loving people to interchange convincing reasons for their common faith, mere exhortation and argument to the public… — Elihu Root Copy Share Image
I doubt if there is any single individual within the scientific community who could cope with the full range of [creationist] arguments… — David M. Raup Copy Share Image
Logic is justly considered the basis of all other sciences, even if only for the reason that in every argument we employ… — Alfred Tarski Copy Share Image
Put the argument into a concrete shape, into an image, some hard phrase, round and solid as a ball, which they can… — Ralph Waldo Emerson 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
“What is it with that argument? Why is it that you have to jump through hoops of fire to find out that… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
I feel like we're stuck in the former mode of reacting because that's what gains traction in Washington. But I really believe… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
The judge weighs the arguments and puts a brave face on the matter, and since there must be a decision, decides as… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It became the middle finger I couldn’t raise in PR photographs. The mustache became my silent last word in the verbal battles… — Robin Olds Copy Share Image
An argument frequently used by believers [is] to force unbelievers to soften their terms by accepting their opponents' definition; "Atheist" means without… — Jim Herrick Copy Share Image
Hitler repeatedly stressed that one could not get at the masses with arguments, proofs, and knowledge, but only with feelings and beliefs. — Wilhelm Reich 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
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
“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
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 you aspire to be truly open-minded, you can’t just try to see the other side of an argument. That’s not enough.… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
The strangest thing about the low quality of Internet argument is that effective argument isnt really so difficult. Sure, not everyone can… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
Gun control advocates used to claim that more guns meant more crime. Research demonstrated, though, that more guns meant less crime. As… — Steven Milloy Copy Share Image
Even in the Senate, I'd put up any of the stories we did against any pablum Time or Newsweek has put out… — Marc Morano Copy Share Image
I've learned to be true to yourself, stick to the big arguments, don't get distracted by the everyday kerfuffle that is in… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
![“A new danger now beset him [Grotius], the danger of becoming simply a venal pleader, a creature who grinds out arguments on this or that side, for this or that client: a mere legal beast of prey. Fortunately for himself and for the world he took a higher view of his life-work: his determination…” quote by Andrew Dickson White](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/9f0/andrew-dickson-white-24254_argument_a-new-danger-now-beset-him-grotius-the-d_2243843.png)
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![“Sometimes we just walk into something that is not for us at all. We pretend it is. We think we can shrug it off like a coat, but it's not a coat at all, it's more like another skin. [...] All I wanted was to make my life thrilling for a while: to take the oridinary objects of my days and make a…” quote by Colum McCann](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/283/colum-mccann-902_argument_sometimes-we-just-walk-into-something-th_208197.png)
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