--- title: "12 Argument Quotes By Samuel Johnson" description: "12 Argument quotes by Samuel Johnson. Plus more from Samuel Johnson and more Argument sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee7/samuel-johnson-50_adversaries_oratory-is-the-power-of-beating-down-you_1136528.png" --- > [Oratory is the power of beating down your adversary's arguments and putting better in their place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/oratory-is-the-power-of-beating-down-your-adversary-s-arguments-and/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee7/samuel-johnson-50_adversaries_oratory-is-the-power-of-beating-down-you_1136528.png) > [Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/sir-i-have-found-you-an-argument-but-i-am-not-obliged-to-find-you-an/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d8/samuel-johnson-50_argument_sir-i-have-found-you-an-argument-but-i-a_2566425.png) > [Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/prejudice-not-being-founded-on-reason-cannot-be-removed-by-argument/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/081/samuel-johnson-50_argument_prejudice-not-being-founded-on-reason-ca_1162169.png) > [Assertion is not argument; to contradict the statement of an opponent is not proof that you are correct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/assertion-is-not-argument-to-contradict-the-statement-of-an-opponent/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14a/samuel-johnson-50_argument_assertion-is-not-argument-to-contradict_1035743.png) > [All argument is against it; but all belief is for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/all-argument-is-against-it-but-all-belief-is-for-it/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e65/samuel-johnson-50_argument_all-argument-is-against-it-but-all-belie_2346356.png) > [All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/all-the-arguments-which-are-brought-to-represent-poverty-as-no-evil/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a6/samuel-johnson-50_argument_all-the-arguments-which-are-brought-to-r_3180077.png) > [You raise your voice when you should reinforce your argument.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/you-raise-your-voice-when-you-should-reinforce-your-argument/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84b/samuel-johnson-50_argument_you-raise-your-voice-when-you-should-rei_2358743.png) > [The arguments for purity of life fail of their due influence, not because they have been considered and confuted, but because they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-arguments-for-purity-of-life-fail-of-their-due-influence-not/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a2/samuel-johnson-50_argument_the-arguments-for-purity-of-life-fail-of_1235360.png) > [Prejudice is a great time-saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts. Prejudice not being founded on reason cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/prejudice-is-a-great-time-saver-you-can-form-opinions-without-having/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf8/samuel-johnson-50_argument_prejudice-is-a-great-time-saver-you-can_1494903.png) > [There prevails among men of letters, an opinion, that all appearance of science is particularly hateful to Women; and that therefore whoever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/there-prevails-among-men-of-letters-an-opinion-that-all-appearance-of/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4f/samuel-johnson-50_accounts_there-prevails-among-men-of-letters-an-o_1825407.jpg) > [Some read for style, and some for argument: one has little care about the sentiment, he observes only how it is expressed;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/some-read-for-style-and-some-for-argument-one-has-little-care-about/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b3/samuel-johnson-50_architect_some-read-for-style-and-some-for-argumen_117521.jpg) > [The mental disease of the present generation is impatience of study, contempt of the great masters of ancient wisdom, and a disposition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-mental-disease-of-the-present-generation-is-impatience-of-study-2/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e70/samuel-johnson-50_ancestor_the-mental-disease-of-the-present-genera_2630561.png) ## Other authors on Argument - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-dawkins-78503.jpg) Richard Dawkins 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/argument/richard-dawkins/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/argument/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sam-harris-82504.jpg) Sam Harris 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/argument/sam-harris/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-christopher-hitchens-23938.jpg) Christopher Hitchens 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/argument/christopher-hitchens/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bertrand-russell-17477.jpg) Bertrand Russell 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/argument/bertrand-russell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ann-coulter-13539.jpg) Ann Coulter 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/argument/ann-coulter/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 14 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/argument/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-carl-sagan-20994.jpg) Carl Sagan 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/argument/carl-sagan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-jay-gould-87041.jpg) Stephen Jay Gould 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/argument/stephen-jay-gould/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/argument/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-hume-27582.jpg) David Hume 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/argument/david-hume/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-sowell-90605.jpg) Thomas Sowell 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/argument/thomas-sowell/) ## More by Samuel Johnson > [The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-size-of-a-man-s-understanding-might-always-be-justly-measured-by/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all these atoms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/pound-st-paul-s-church-into-atoms-and-consider-any-single-atom-it-is/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [You can never be wise unless you love reading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/you-can-never-be-wise-unless-you-love-reading/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is to criticize, we should remember to praise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/if-our-aim-is-to-praise-we-should-forget-to-criticize-if-our-aim-is/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [All theory is against free will; all experience is for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/all-theory-is-against-free-will-all-experience-is-for-it/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Had I learned to fiddle, I should have done nothing else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/had-i-learned-to-fiddle-i-should-have-done-nothing-else/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-as-foolish-to-make-experiments-upon-the-constancy-of-a-friend/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/resolve-not-to-be-poor-whatever-you-have-spend-less-poverty-is-a/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-basis-of-all-excellence-is-truth-he-that-professes-love-ought-to/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Words are daughters of earth but ideas are sons of heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/words-are-daughters-of-earth-but-ideas-are-sons-of-heaven/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [“The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-composition-of-shakespeare-is-a-forest-in-which-oaks-extend-in/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [“The cherubim were never intended as an object of worship, because they were only the appendices to another thing. But a thing is then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-cherubim-were-never-intended-as-an-object-of-worship-because-they/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Nobody has the right to put another under such a difficulty that he must either hurt the person by telling the truth or hurt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/nobody-has-the-right-to-put-another-under-such-a-difficulty-that-he/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own self-esteem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/that-kind-of-life-is-most-happy-which-affords-us-most-opportunities/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [The time will come to every human being when it must be known how well he can bear to die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-time-will-come-to-every-human-being-when-it-must-be-known-how/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/argument/samuel-johnson/#itemlist", "name": "12 Argument Quotes By Samuel Johnson", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Oratory is the power of beating down your adversary's arguments and putting better in their place.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Samuel Johnson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/oratory-is-the-power-of-beating-down-your-adversary-s-arguments-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee7/samuel-johnson-50_adversaries_oratory-is-the-power-of-beating-down-you_1136528.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee7/samuel-johnson-50_adversaries_oratory-is-the-power-of-beating-down-you_1136528.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee7/samuel-johnson-50_adversaries_oratory-is-the-power-of-beating-down-you_1136528.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Oratory is the power of beating down your adversary's arguments and putting better in their place.” — Samuel Johnson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sir, I have found you an argument; 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