It is difficult to be emphatic when no one is emphatic on the other side. — Charles Dudley Warner Copy Share Image
Yes, Democrats can prove that America pays more for health care than other countries; yes, they have won the dispute that private… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
There are no atheists in foxholes" isn't an argument against atheism, it's an argument against foxholes. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Advertising is the modern substitute for argument, its function is to make the worse appear the better article. A confused competition of… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
It is commonly said that if rational argument is so seldom the cause of conviction, philosophical apologists must largely be wasting their… — Austin Farrer Copy Share Image
Faith is not uprooted by dialectic proof; it must already be deeply shaken by other causes to be unable to withstand the… — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
Since faith rests upon infallible truth, and since the contrary of a truth can never be demonstrated, it is clear that the… — Thomas Aquinas 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
I made the argument that every growing demographic in this country - nonwhite voters, younger people - is trending Democratic. It's a… — James Carville Copy Share Image
People may refuse to see the truth of our arguments, but they cannot evade the evidence of a holy life. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Remember when we was young, everybody used to have these arguments about who's better, Michael Jackson or Prince? Prince won! — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
The churches used to win their arguments against atheism, agnosticism, and other burning issues by burning the ismist, which is fine proof… — Ben Lindsey Copy Share Image
My candidacy is a compelling argument for my candidacy. I want to be President. — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
Religion looks forward to the destruction of the world.... Perhaps half aware that its unsupported arguments are not entirely persuasive, and perhaps… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
If we are not serious about facts and what's true and what's not. And particularly in an age of social media where… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
only that which is deeply felt can change us. Rational arguments alone cannot penetrate the layers of fear and conditioning that comprise… — Marilyn Ferguson Copy Share Image
He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“At the time I thought the winner in an argument was the person who put forward the most logical support for his… — Mark Barrowcliffe Copy Share Image
The Silly Putty-like malleability of the institution [marriage], in fact, is the only reason we still have the thing at all. Very… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
In science , all conclusions are provisional, subject to new evidence and better arguments, the very antithesis of religious faith. — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui Bono, from his… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
The elites hate to acknowledge it, but when large numbers of ordinary people are moved to action, it changes the narrow political… — Dean Baker Copy Share Image