It is much more difficult to get implemented politically what might be desirable economically. Even if you came out with an economic… — James M. Buchanan Copy Share Image
Whenever any argument comes up, you remind her, "You cheated on me." Your relationship has no chance. You agreed to set it… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
It's all about who gets to work and making sure they're legally present in our country. And to do that nationally E-verify… — Janet Napolitano Copy Share Image
As the twentieth century began, science equaled a materialistic worldview. As the twenty-first century began, the worldview of science, at least of… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
“...literature gives you ideas to think with. It stocks your mind. It does not indoctrinate, because diversity, counter-argument, reappraisal and qualification are… — John Carey Copy Share Image
Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, / The muttering retreats / Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels / And sawdust… — John Green Copy Share Image
Where we desire to be informed 'tis good to contest with men above ourselves; but to confirm and establish our opinions, 'tis… — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
My habit of attacking Huns dangling from their parachutes led to many arguments in the mess. Some officers, of the Eton and… — James Ira Thomas Jones Copy Share Image
The form of religion was always a trivial matter to me. ... The pageantry of the Roman Church that first mothered and… — Mary Catherwood Copy Share Image
For me, even in the most subtle and introspective story, it's all about tension: this is the thread that ties a reader… — Samanta Schweblin Copy Share Image
It is not for us to imagine that we can prove the truth of Christianity by our own arguments; nobody can prove… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Every worldview has its ambiguities - debatable elements that people simply will not see to eye on. There's nothing wrong with that… — Greg Koukl Copy Share Image
Neoliberalization has not been very effective in revitalizing global capital accumulation, but it has succeeded remarkably well in restoring, or in some… — David Harvey Copy Share Image
The Republican argument that raising the debt ceiling encourages additional future spending is logically irresponsible. The debt ceiling has to be raised… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
Most men are followers, and implicitly rely upon the judgment of others. They mistake solemnity for wisdom, and regard a grave countenance… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
The most agreeable thing in life is worthy accomplishment. It is not possible that the idle tramp is as contented as the… — E. W. Howe Copy Share Image
You can make the argument that there's no such thing as the past. Nobody lived in the past. They lived in the… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
While we bemoan the decline of literacy, computers discount words in favor of pictures and pictures in favor of video. While we… — David Gelernter Copy Share Image
[The Head of Radio Three] had been ensnared by the Music Director of the college and a Professor of Philosophy. These two… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Almighty God hath created the mind free. All attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens...are a departure from the plan… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In my work, you get used to criticisms. Of course you do, because there are a lot of people trying to get… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I understand we have, you know, a very unique situation, a very volatile election, two very high-profile candidates. You want to be… — Alberto Gonzales Copy Share Image
Why do we not exhaust the heritage of the ages, spiritual and material for our immediate pleasure, and let posterity go hang?… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
“If we are really going to debate how criminals might access, modify, convert or adapt guns to fit their needs, then we… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
The strongest argument for free enterprise is that it prevents anybody from having too much power. Whether that person is a government… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The post-Second World War simple system of social democracy and organized labour has fragmented massively, but just because people aren't organized in… — Duncan Green Copy Share Image
Leaders may recognize that they are not addressing the real problems, but they rationalize their actions with the argument that they must… — Arthur Demarest Copy Share Image
The First Amendment reads more like a dream than a law, and no other nation, so far as I know, has been… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The media love coarse debate because coarse debate drives ratings and ratings generate profits. Unless the TV producer happens to be William… — John Sununu Copy Share Image
“When students are taught to approach argument through inquiry, good things happen: they choose topics worthy of arguing, they gain ownership (through… — Kelly Gallagher Copy Share Image
In an age in which infidelity abounds, do we observe parents carefully instructing their children in the principles of faith which they… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
Many people have written about the economic meaning of globalization; in One World Peter Singer explains its moral meaning. His position is… — Michael Walzer Copy Share Image
All the arguments about nutrition are really about what is the problem ingredient in the western diet. Is it the fat? Is… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
The whole sphere of air that surrounds us, Alma, is alive with invisible attractions — electric, magnetic, fiery and thoughtful. There is… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The best I can hope for is that I might provoke a water cooler argument between you and somebody else. But it… — David Simon Copy Share Image
Another priest said,"Is it true you've said you'll believe in any god whose existence can be proved by logical debate?""Yes."Vimes had a… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
There's a fantastic, thousand-page book by David Thomson about [David O. Selznick]. Again, it's not the best argument or the best advertisement… — Karina Longworth Copy Share Image
I am not a creationist as the term is usually understood. I believe that the earth is billions of years old and… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
Virginia Woolf wrote, "Across the broad continent of a woman's life falls the shadow of a sword." On one side of that… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
For centuries the most powerful argument for God's existence from the physical world was the so-called argument from design: Living things are… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
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