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title: "4 Making Arguments Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [Why don't we want our children to learn to do mathematics? Is it that we don't trust them, that we think it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lockhart/why-don-t-we-want-our-children-to-learn-to-do-mathematics-is-it-that/)

[Paul Lockhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lockhart/)

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> [University presidents should be loud and forceful in defending the university as a social good, essential to the democratic culture and economy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-giroux/university-presidents-should-be-loud-and-forceful-in-defending-the/)

[Henry Giroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-giroux/)

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> [ People do not like being lied to, and they do not like having their rights violated. So as soon as \[officials\] stop… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/people-do-not-like-being-lied-to-and-they-do-not-like-having-their/)

[Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/)

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> [When you have a white male making the arguments, they carry more weight... Should they carry more weight? Absolutely not. But do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-avenatti/when-you-have-a-white-male-making-the-arguments-they-carry-more/)

[Michael Avenatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-avenatti/)

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