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title: "9 Convincing Argument Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [I never saw an instance of one or two disputants convincing the other by argument.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-never-saw-an-instance-of-one-or-two-disputants-convincing-the-other/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [The most convincing argument against early parenthood is that you are in a relationship that is likely to fall apart before that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-parsons/the-most-convincing-argument-against-early-parenthood-is-that-you-are/)

[Tony Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-parsons/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13d/tony-parsons-10532_argument_the-most-convincing-argument-against-ear_358906.png)

> [At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/at-a-time-like-this-scorching-irony-not-convincing-argument-is-needed/)

[Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/frederick-douglass-859_argument_at-a-time-like-this-scorching-irony-not_135030.png)

> [It's a powerful instrument, dynamite -- nothing like it for a convincing argument!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonid-andreyev/it-s-a-powerful-instrument-dynamite-nothing-like-it-for-a-convincing/)

[Leonid Andreyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonid-andreyev/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86d/leonid-andreyev-17488_argument_it-s-a-powerful-instrument-dynamite-noth_1719854.jpg)

> [There is no such thing as a convincing argument, although every man thinks he has one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-w-howe/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-convincing-argument-although-every-man/)

[E. W. Howe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-w-howe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/684/e-w-howe-2815_argument_there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-convincing-a_556012.png)

> [“That,’ said Benny, ‘is about as convincing an argument as the works of those historians who claim there was a fifth Teletubby.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-richards/that-said-benny-is-about-as-convincing-an-argument-as-the-works-of/)

[Justin Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-richards/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/098/justin-richards-30712_history_that-said-benny-is-about-as-convincing-a_1127347.jpg)

> [Set a good example as parents, since the most convincing argument that a girl can become a computer coder is that her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-shriver/set-a-good-example-as-parents-since-the-most-convincing-argument-that/)

[Lionel Shriver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-shriver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/lionel-shriver-744_argument_set-a-good-example-as-parents-since-the_997867.jpg)

> [I'm in favor of any form of sexual relationship that gives pleasure to those involved. And I have never heard a convincing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/i-m-in-favor-of-any-form-of-sexual-relationship-that-gives-pleasure/)

[Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e1/gore-vidal-466_argument_i-m-in-favor-of-any-form-of-sexual-relat_2278125.jpg)

> [There was a very convincing argument made that the extremists have won and the aggression is now supported by the majority, therefore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joichi-ito/there-was-a-very-convincing-argument-made-that-the-extremists-have/)

[Joichi Ito](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joichi-ito/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47b/joichi-ito-15563_aggression_there-was-a-very-convincing-argument-mad_430940.png)

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