Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour's at… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
A defeated argument that refuses to be obliterated can remain very alive. — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
“you, yourself are the only one you answer to, so you better make the argument a good one!” — Tracy Lee Copy Share Image
Dependency arguments often come from elites - either aid agencies or governments - and say something about attitudes to poor people. — Paul Harvey Copy Share Image
“One could drive a schooner through any part of his argument and never scrape against a fact.” — David Houston Copy Share Image
Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intricate enough to confound the court. — William Wycherley Copy Share Image
We are all familiar with the argument: Make war dreadful enough, and there will be no war. And we none of us… — John Galsworthy Copy Share Image
The law compells no man to impossible things. The argument ab impossibili is forcible in law. — Edward Coke Copy Share Image
“What's more, I believe in argument and I even love it. Argument is our most steadfast pathway toward truth, for it is… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
In exorcism, a verbal argument can never do anything. You can't ever beat the entity in a verbal argument because that's what… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the… — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
If this phrase of the 'balance of power' is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war will never… — John Bright Copy Share Image
It's not about whether or not someone is a bigot, but whether or not the argument which that someone is arguing is… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
It is never ridicule, but a compliment, that knocks a philosopher off his feet. He is already positioned for every possible counter-attack,… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
A striking feature of moral and political argument in the modern world is the extent to which it is innovators, radicals, and… — Alasdair MacIntyre Copy Share Image
The strongest argument for socialism is that it sounds good. The strongest argument against socialism is that it doesn't work. But those… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
maybe we try too hard to be remembered, waking to the glowing yellow disc in ignorance, swearing that today will be the… — Naomi Shihab Nye Copy Share Image
“Our enemies are quite good for relentlessly keeping us sharp and on our toes. This especially goes for sincere philosophers. They use… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
The mental disease of the present generation is impatience of study, contempt of the great masters of ancient wisdom, and a disposition… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
That's why we have appellate judges that are more than one judge because each of us, from our life experiences, will more… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
Neoliberalism is vulnerable. When it comes to talking about social provisions, the only argument they have is the argument of barbarians: that… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Every time the conservatives get in trouble, they start pounding on this ridiculous idea that the liberals want to take their microphones.… — Ed Schultz Copy Share Image
There is no evidence for a god, no coherent definition of a god, no good argument for a god, good positive arguments… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
If you have reservations about the system and want to change it, the democratic argument goes, do so within the system: put… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
