---
title: "20 Ad Hominem Quotes by 19 authors"
description: "Browse 20 Ad Hominem quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Ad Hominem sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/525/jonah-goldberg-2339_ads_associational-ad-hominem-attacks-remain_1572957.png"
---

> [...associational ad hominem attacks remain the left's favorite rhetorical strategy for undermining opponents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonah-goldberg/associational-ad-hominem-attacks-remain-the-left-s-favorite/)

[Jonah Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonah-goldberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/525/jonah-goldberg-2339_ads_associational-ad-hominem-attacks-remain_1572957.png)

> [Political correctness will die as it lived - kicking and screaming ad hominem abuse as a substitute for arguments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-mcelroy/political-correctness-will-die-as-it-lived-kicking-and-screaming-ad/)

[Wendy McElroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-mcelroy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd9/wendy-mcelroy-44449_abuse_political-correctness-will-die-as-it-liv_539230.jpg)

> [I shall not make an argument ad hominem. My argument is ad bullshitem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/i-shall-not-make-an-argument-ad-hominem-my-argument-is-ad-bullshitem/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d4/richard-dawkins-115_ads_i-shall-not-make-an-argument-ad-hominem_2428841.jpg)

> [I'm a fan of robust debate, and I'm not averse to engaging in the odd ad hominem attack myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehdi-hasan/i-m-a-fan-of-robust-debate-and-i-m-not-averse-to-engaging-in-the-odd/)

[Mehdi Hasan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehdi-hasan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d87/mehdi-hasan-8947_attack_i-m-a-fan-of-robust-debate-and-i-m-not-a_2285485.jpg)

> [Debates about housing dynamics are often vague, anectdotal, and ad hominem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-auchincloss/debates-about-housing-dynamics-are-often-vague-anectdotal-and-ad/)

[Jake Auchincloss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-auchincloss/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37f/jake-auchincloss-6362_about_debates-about-housing-dynamics-are-often_390740.jpg)

> [The world I want to live in is a world where everybody is a bit more uncertain about their arguments and is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-davidson/the-world-i-want-to-live-in-is-a-world-where-everybody-is-a-bit-more/)

[Adam Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-davidson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/177/adam-davidson-14539_about_the-world-i-want-to-live-in-is-a-world-w_1994961.jpg)

> [“An ad hominem attack against an intellectual, not against an idea, is highly flattering. It indicates that the person does not have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nassim-nicholas-taleb/an-ad-hominem-attack-against-an-intellectual-not-against-an-idea-is/)

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nassim-nicholas-taleb/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ed/nassim-nicholas-taleb-352_intellectual_an-ad-hominem-attack-against-an-intellec_310298.png)

> [An ad hominem attack against an individual, not against an idea, is highly flattering. It indicates that the person does not have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nassim-nicholas-taleb/an-ad-hominem-attack-against-an-individual-not-against-an-idea-is/)

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nassim-nicholas-taleb/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a3/nassim-nicholas-taleb-352_ads_an-ad-hominem-attack-against-an-individu_3171769.png)

> [Reading a brief filled with ad hominem attacks is like listening to my kids fight, except that I have to wait until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-kethledge/reading-a-brief-filled-with-ad-hominem-attacks-is-like-listening-to/)

[Raymond Kethledge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-kethledge/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acc/raymond-kethledge-33996_fight_reading-a-brief-filled-with-ad-hominem-a_1685714.jpg)

> [A lack of grace involves much more than critiquing an opponent. It looks a lot more like the ad hominem attacks the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsten-powers/a-lack-of-grace-involves-much-more-than-critiquing-an-opponent-it/)

[Kirsten Powers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsten-powers/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebc/kirsten-powers-9672_daily_a-lack-of-grace-involves-much-more-than_1984707.png)

> [We all resort to the ad hominem from time to time: in human affairs, it is difficult to avoid it, and probably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-dalrymple/we-all-resort-to-the-ad-hominem-from-time-to-time-in-human-affairs-it/)

[Theodore Dalrymple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-dalrymple/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/026/theodore-dalrymple-7084_ad_we-all-resort-to-the-ad-hominem-from-tim_1612872.png)

> [I've never been in a 'Twitter fight,' though I've witnessed my fair share. I do enjoy vigorous and informed debate, but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-g-stavridis/i-ve-never-been-in-a-twitter-fight-though-i-ve-witnessed-my-fair/)

[James G. Stavridis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-g-stavridis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/337/james-g-stavridis-15104_ad_i-ve-never-been-in-a-twitter-fight-thoug_2974548.png)

> [“Ad hominem is a notoriously weak logical argument. And is usually used to distract the focus of a discussion - to move…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/ad-hominem-is-a-notoriously-weak-logical-argument-and-is-usually-used/)

[Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/jim-butcher-151_ad-hominem_ad-hominem-is-a-notoriously-weak-logical_408597.png)

> [Our whole educational system, from the elementary schools to the universities, is increasingly turning out people who have never heard enough conflicting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/our-whole-educational-system-from-the-elementary-schools-to-the/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6eb/thomas-sowell-247_ads_our-whole-educational-system-from-the-el_2188127.jpg)

> [“Nevertheless, they boarded The Purdue Victory and sailed out of Boston harbor, provided for against all inclemencies but these they were leaving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gaddis/nevertheless-they-boarded-the-purdue-victory-and-sailed-out-of-boston/)

[William Gaddis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gaddis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/william-gaddis-7794_creativity_nevertheless-they-boarded-the-purdue-vic_1840201.jpg)

> [Topical-sketch writing were incredibly rational and well reasoned: don't do a joke if the subject doesn't deserve it. An ad hominem attack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-schur/topical-sketch-writing-were-incredibly-rational-and-well-reasoned-don/)

[Michael Schur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-schur/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f07/michael-schur-12718_ads_topical-sketch-writing-were-incredibly-r_1172761.jpg)

> [If you're trying to get something done, there will always be people who don't want to see you get something done, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-rice/if-you-re-trying-to-get-something-done-there-will-always-be-people/)

[Susan Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-rice/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/susan-rice-4480_able_if-you-re-trying-to-get-something-done-t_998549.png)

> [“Despite the clear scientific consensus, a veritable brigade of self-proclaimed, underinformed armchair experts lurk on comment threads the world over, eager to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-robert-grimes/despite-the-clear-scientific-consensus-a-veritable-brigade-of-self/)

[David Robert Grimes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-robert-grimes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a30/david-robert-grimes-106979_ad-hominem_despite-the-clear-scientific-consensus-a_2755419.jpg)

> [“Such a principled disregard of ad hominem evidence is a characteristically modern prejudice of professional philosophers. For most Greek and Roman thinkers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-miller/such-a-principled-disregard-of-ad-hominem-evidence-is-a/)

[James Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-miller/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d32/james-miller-50694_ad-hominem_such-a-principled-disregard-of-ad-homine_667168.jpg)

> [“This explains the harsh nature of much postmodern rhetoric. The regular deployments of ad hominem, the setting up of straw men, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-r-c-hicks/this-explains-the-harsh-nature-of-much-postmodern-rhetoric-the/)

[Stephen R.C. Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-r-c-hicks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea3/stephen-r-c-hicks-12692_ku-klux-klan_this-explains-the-harsh-nature-of-much-p_2537235.jpg)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ad-hominem/#itemlist",
            "name": "Ad Hominem Quotes",
            "numberOfItems": 20,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "...associational ad hominem attacks remain the left's favorite rhetorical strategy for undermining opponents.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Jonah Goldberg"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonah-goldberg/associational-ad-hominem-attacks-remain-the-left-s-favorite/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/525/jonah-goldberg-2339_ads_associational-ad-hominem-attacks-remain_1572957.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/525/jonah-goldberg-2339_ads_associational-ad-hominem-attacks-remain_1572957.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/525/jonah-goldberg-2339_ads_associational-ad-hominem-attacks-remain_1572957.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“...associational ad hominem attacks remain the left's favorite rhetorical strategy for undermining opponents.” — Jonah Goldberg",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Political correctness will die as it lived - kicking and screaming ad hominem abuse as a substitute for arguments.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Wendy McElroy"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-mcelroy/political-correctness-will-die-as-it-lived-kicking-and-screaming-ad/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd9/wendy-mcelroy-44449_abuse_political-correctness-will-die-as-it-liv_539230.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd9/wendy-mcelroy-44449_abuse_political-correctness-will-die-as-it-liv_539230.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd9/wendy-mcelroy-44449_abuse_political-correctness-will-die-as-it-liv_539230.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Political correctness will die as it lived - kicking and screaming ad hominem abuse as a substitute for…” — Wendy McElroy",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I shall not make an argument ad hominem. My argument is ad bullshitem.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Richard Dawkins"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/i-shall-not-make-an-argument-ad-hominem-my-argument-is-ad-bullshitem/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d4/richard-dawkins-115_ads_i-shall-not-make-an-argument-ad-hominem_2428841.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d4/richard-dawkins-115_ads_i-shall-not-make-an-argument-ad-hominem_2428841.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d4/richard-dawkins-115_ads_i-shall-not-make-an-argument-ad-hominem_2428841.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I shall not make an argument ad hominem. My argument is ad bullshitem.” — Richard Dawkins",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I'm a fan of robust debate, and I'm not averse to engaging in the odd ad hominem attack myself.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Mehdi Hasan"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehdi-hasan/i-m-a-fan-of-robust-debate-and-i-m-not-averse-to-engaging-in-the-odd/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d87/mehdi-hasan-8947_attack_i-m-a-fan-of-robust-debate-and-i-m-not-a_2285485.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d87/mehdi-hasan-8947_attack_i-m-a-fan-of-robust-debate-and-i-m-not-a_2285485.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d87/mehdi-hasan-8947_attack_i-m-a-fan-of-robust-debate-and-i-m-not-a_2285485.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I'm a fan of robust debate, and I'm not averse to engaging in the odd ad hominem attack myself.” — Mehdi Hasan",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Debates about housing dynamics are often vague, anectdotal, and ad hominem.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Jake Auchincloss"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-auchincloss/debates-about-housing-dynamics-are-often-vague-anectdotal-and-ad/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37f/jake-auchincloss-6362_about_debates-about-housing-dynamics-are-often_390740.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37f/jake-auchincloss-6362_about_debates-about-housing-dynamics-are-often_390740.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37f/jake-auchincloss-6362_about_debates-about-housing-dynamics-are-often_390740.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Debates about housing dynamics are often vague, anectdotal, and ad hominem.” — Jake Auchincloss",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 6,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "The world I want to live in is a world where everybody is a bit more uncertain about their arguments and is a bit more open to other people's arguments. I think that we can engage ideas without ad hominem attacks.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Adam Davidson"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-davidson/the-world-i-want-to-live-in-is-a-world-where-everybody-is-a-bit-more/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/177/adam-davidson-14539_about_the-world-i-want-to-live-in-is-a-world-w_1994961.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/177/adam-davidson-14539_about_the-world-i-want-to-live-in-is-a-world-w_1994961.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/177/adam-davidson-14539_about_the-world-i-want-to-live-in-is-a-world-w_1994961.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“The world I want to live in is a world where everybody is a bit more uncertain about their arguments and is…” — Adam Davidson",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 7,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“An ad hominem attack against an intellectual, not against an idea, is highly flattering. It indicates that the person does not have anything intelligent to say about your message.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Nassim Nicholas Taleb"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nassim-nicholas-taleb/an-ad-hominem-attack-against-an-intellectual-not-against-an-idea-is/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ed/nassim-nicholas-taleb-352_intellectual_an-ad-hominem-attack-against-an-intellec_310298.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ed/nassim-nicholas-taleb-352_intellectual_an-ad-hominem-attack-against-an-intellec_310298.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ed/nassim-nicholas-taleb-352_intellectual_an-ad-hominem-attack-against-an-intellec_310298.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“An ad hominem attack against an intellectual, not against an idea, is highly flattering. It indicates that…” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 8,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "An ad hominem attack against an individual, not against an idea, is highly flattering. It indicates that the person does not have anything intelligent to say about your message.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Nassim Nicholas Taleb"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nassim-nicholas-taleb/an-ad-hominem-attack-against-an-individual-not-against-an-idea-is/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a3/nassim-nicholas-taleb-352_ads_an-ad-hominem-attack-against-an-individu_3171769.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a3/nassim-nicholas-taleb-352_ads_an-ad-hominem-attack-against-an-individu_3171769.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a3/nassim-nicholas-taleb-352_ads_an-ad-hominem-attack-against-an-individu_3171769.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“An ad hominem attack against an individual, not against an idea, is highly flattering. It indicates that the…” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 9,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Reading a brief filled with ad hominem attacks is like listening to my kids fight, except that I have to wait until we're in the courtroom to tell the attacking lawyer what I think about it.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Raymond Kethledge"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-kethledge/reading-a-brief-filled-with-ad-hominem-attacks-is-like-listening-to/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acc/raymond-kethledge-33996_fight_reading-a-brief-filled-with-ad-hominem-a_1685714.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acc/raymond-kethledge-33996_fight_reading-a-brief-filled-with-ad-hominem-a_1685714.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acc/raymond-kethledge-33996_fight_reading-a-brief-filled-with-ad-hominem-a_1685714.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Reading a brief filled with ad hominem attacks is like listening to my kids fight, except that I have to…” — Raymond Kethledge",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 10,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "A lack of grace involves much more than critiquing an opponent. It looks a lot more like the ad hominem attacks the president launches nearly daily against all who aren't actively worshiping him. It looks like Trump's relentless attempts to pit Americans against one another.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Kirsten Powers"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsten-powers/a-lack-of-grace-involves-much-more-than-critiquing-an-opponent-it/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebc/kirsten-powers-9672_daily_a-lack-of-grace-involves-much-more-than_1984707.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebc/kirsten-powers-9672_daily_a-lack-of-grace-involves-much-more-than_1984707.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebc/kirsten-powers-9672_daily_a-lack-of-grace-involves-much-more-than_1984707.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“A lack of grace involves much more than critiquing an opponent. It looks a lot more like the ad hominem…” — Kirsten Powers",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 11,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "We all resort to the ad hominem from time to time: in human affairs, it is difficult to avoid it, and probably not desirable. After all, our opponents are human. The proper use of an ad hominem argument, however, still requires evidence to back it up.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Theodore Dalrymple"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-dalrymple/we-all-resort-to-the-ad-hominem-from-time-to-time-in-human-affairs-it/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/026/theodore-dalrymple-7084_ad_we-all-resort-to-the-ad-hominem-from-tim_1612872.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/026/theodore-dalrymple-7084_ad_we-all-resort-to-the-ad-hominem-from-tim_1612872.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/026/theodore-dalrymple-7084_ad_we-all-resort-to-the-ad-hominem-from-tim_1612872.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“We all resort to the ad hominem from time to time: in human affairs, it is difficult to avoid it, and…” — Theodore Dalrymple",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 12,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I've never been in a 'Twitter fight,' though I've witnessed my fair share. I do enjoy vigorous and informed debate, but the benefit is lost when the exchange becomes a series of petty ad hominem attacks. I don't see much value in it.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "James G. Stavridis"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-g-stavridis/i-ve-never-been-in-a-twitter-fight-though-i-ve-witnessed-my-fair/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/337/james-g-stavridis-15104_ad_i-ve-never-been-in-a-twitter-fight-thoug_2974548.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/337/james-g-stavridis-15104_ad_i-ve-never-been-in-a-twitter-fight-thoug_2974548.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/337/james-g-stavridis-15104_ad_i-ve-never-been-in-a-twitter-fight-thoug_2974548.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I've never been in a 'Twitter fight,' though I've witnessed my fair share. I do enjoy vigorous and informed…” — James G. Stavridis",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 13,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“Ad hominem is a notoriously weak logical argument. And is usually used to distract the focus of a discussion - to move it from an indefensible point and to attack the opponent. ~ Lord Aquitainus Attis ~ Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Jim Butcher"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/ad-hominem-is-a-notoriously-weak-logical-argument-and-is-usually-used/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/jim-butcher-151_ad-hominem_ad-hominem-is-a-notoriously-weak-logical_408597.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/jim-butcher-151_ad-hominem_ad-hominem-is-a-notoriously-weak-logical_408597.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/jim-butcher-151_ad-hominem_ad-hominem-is-a-notoriously-weak-logical_408597.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Ad hominem is a notoriously weak logical argument. And is usually used to distract the focus of a discussion…” — Jim Butcher",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 14,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Our whole educational system, from the elementary schools to the universities, is increasingly turning out people who have never heard enough conflicting arguments to develop the skills and discipline required to produce a coherent analysis, based on logic and evidence. The implications of having so many people so incapable of confronting opposing arguments with anything besides ad hominem responses reach far...",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Thomas Sowell"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/our-whole-educational-system-from-the-elementary-schools-to-the/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6eb/thomas-sowell-247_ads_our-whole-educational-system-from-the-el_2188127.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6eb/thomas-sowell-247_ads_our-whole-educational-system-from-the-el_2188127.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6eb/thomas-sowell-247_ads_our-whole-educational-system-from-the-el_2188127.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Our whole educational system, from the elementary schools to the universities, is increasingly turning out…” — Thomas Sowell",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 15,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“Nevertheless, they boarded The Purdue Victory and sailed out of Boston harbor, provided for against all inclemencies but these they were leaving behind, and those disasters of such scope and fortuitous originality which Christian courts of law and insurance companies, humbly arguing ad hominem, define as acts of God.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William Gaddis"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gaddis/nevertheless-they-boarded-the-purdue-victory-and-sailed-out-of-boston/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/william-gaddis-7794_creativity_nevertheless-they-boarded-the-purdue-vic_1840201.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/william-gaddis-7794_creativity_nevertheless-they-boarded-the-purdue-vic_1840201.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/william-gaddis-7794_creativity_nevertheless-they-boarded-the-purdue-vic_1840201.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Nevertheless, they boarded The Purdue Victory and sailed out of Boston harbor, provided for against all…” — William Gaddis",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 16,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Topical-sketch writing were incredibly rational and well reasoned: don't do a joke if the subject doesn't deserve it. An ad hominem attack on someone might get you a cheap laugh, but it doesn't earn you any long-term trust. The biggest rule was: you attack whoever's in power. Don't bring your personal bias to the table.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Michael Schur"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-schur/topical-sketch-writing-were-incredibly-rational-and-well-reasoned-don/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f07/michael-schur-12718_ads_topical-sketch-writing-were-incredibly-r_1172761.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f07/michael-schur-12718_ads_topical-sketch-writing-were-incredibly-r_1172761.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f07/michael-schur-12718_ads_topical-sketch-writing-were-incredibly-r_1172761.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Topical-sketch writing were incredibly rational and well reasoned: don't do a joke if the subject doesn't…” — Michael Schur",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 17,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "If you're trying to get something done, there will always be people who don't want to see you get something done, or who have a stake in the status quo. And if they approach that through ad hominem criticism of you, you've got to have enough confidence and thickness of skin to be able to endure.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Susan Rice"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-rice/if-you-re-trying-to-get-something-done-there-will-always-be-people/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/susan-rice-4480_able_if-you-re-trying-to-get-something-done-t_998549.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/susan-rice-4480_able_if-you-re-trying-to-get-something-done-t_998549.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/susan-rice-4480_able_if-you-re-trying-to-get-something-done-t_998549.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“If you're trying to get something done, there will always be people who don't want to see you get something…” — Susan Rice",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 18,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“Despite the clear scientific consensus, a veritable brigade of self-proclaimed, underinformed armchair experts lurk on comment threads the world over, eager to pour scorn on climate science. Barrages of ad hominem attacks all too often await both the scientists working in climate research and journalists who communicate the research findings.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "David Robert Grimes"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-robert-grimes/despite-the-clear-scientific-consensus-a-veritable-brigade-of-self/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a30/david-robert-grimes-106979_ad-hominem_despite-the-clear-scientific-consensus-a_2755419.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a30/david-robert-grimes-106979_ad-hominem_despite-the-clear-scientific-consensus-a_2755419.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a30/david-robert-grimes-106979_ad-hominem_despite-the-clear-scientific-consensus-a_2755419.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Despite the clear scientific consensus, a veritable brigade of self-proclaimed, underinformed armchair…” — David Robert Grimes",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 19,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“Such a principled disregard of ad hominem evidence is a characteristically modern prejudice of professional philosophers. For most Greek and Roman thinkers from Plato to Augustine, theorizing was but one mode of living life philosophically. To Socrates and the countless classical philosophers who tried to follow in his footsteps, the primary point was not to ratify a certain set of propositions (even when the ability to define terms and analyze arguments was a constitutive component of a school's teaching), but rather to explore 'the kind of person, the sort of self' that one could elaborate as a result of taking the quest for wisdom seriously.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "James Miller"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-miller/such-a-principled-disregard-of-ad-hominem-evidence-is-a/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d32/james-miller-50694_ad-hominem_such-a-principled-disregard-of-ad-homine_667168.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d32/james-miller-50694_ad-hominem_such-a-principled-disregard-of-ad-homine_667168.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d32/james-miller-50694_ad-hominem_such-a-principled-disregard-of-ad-homine_667168.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Such a principled disregard of ad hominem evidence is a characteristically modern prejudice of professional…” — James Miller",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 20,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“This explains the harsh nature of much postmodern rhetoric. The regular deployments of ad hominem, the setting up of straw men, and the regular attempts to silence opposing voices are all logical consequences of the postmodern epistemology of language. Stanley Fish, as noted in Chapter Four, calls all opponents of racial preferences bigots and lumps them in with the Ku Klux Klan.[292] Andrea Dworkin calls all heterosexual males rapists[293] and repeatedly labels “Amerika” a fascist state.[294] With such rhetoric, truth or falsity is not the issue: what matters primarily is the language’s effectiveness.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Stephen R.C. Hicks"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-r-c-hicks/this-explains-the-harsh-nature-of-much-postmodern-rhetoric-the/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea3/stephen-r-c-hicks-12692_ku-klux-klan_this-explains-the-harsh-nature-of-much-p_2537235.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea3/stephen-r-c-hicks-12692_ku-klux-klan_this-explains-the-harsh-nature-of-much-p_2537235.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea3/stephen-r-c-hicks-12692_ku-klux-klan_this-explains-the-harsh-nature-of-much-p_2537235.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“This explains the harsh nature of much postmodern rhetoric. The regular deployments of ad hominem, the…” — Stephen R.C. Hicks",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ad-hominem/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ad-hominem/",
            "name": "Ad Hominem Quotes",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ad-hominem/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/525/jonah-goldberg-2339_ads_associational-ad-hominem-attacks-remain_1572957.png"
            },
            "description": "Browse 20 Ad Hominem quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Ad Hominem sayings and thoughts.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ad-hominem/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ad-hominem/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Ad Hominem Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ad-hominem/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```