Argued Quotes
207 quotes by 192 authors
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It could be argued that, in Thailand, many foreigners have come and gone, and the number of people who are considered to be Thai have…
— Bhumibol Adulyadej
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I have always argued that change becomes stressful and overwhelming only when you've lost any sense of the constancy of your life. You need firm…
— Richard Nelson Bolles
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Some have argued that confronting the threat from Iraq could detract from the war against terror. To the contrary, confronting the threat posed by Iraq…
— George W. Bush
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Philosophers and theologians have argued for centuries over the morality of targeted assassinations - a technique that the Israelis use with some frequency - without…
— Eric Alterman
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I've always argued that this country has benefited immensely from the fact that we draw people from all over the world.
— Alan Greenspan
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Malthus argued a century and a half ago that man, by using up all his available resources, would forever press on the limits of subsistence,…
— John F. Kennedy
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The citizens of America have too much discernment to be argued into anarchy. And I am much mistaken, if experience has not wrought a deep…
— Alexander Hamilton
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Some theories are good for nothing except to be argued about.
— Georg C. Lichtenberg
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If Watson and I had not discovered the [DNA] structure, instead of being revealed with a flourish it would have trickled out and that its…
— Francis Crick
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I dared not trust the case on the presumption that the court knows everything. In fact, I argued it on the presumption that the court…
— Abraham Lincoln
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Many have argued that a vacuum does not exist, others claim it exists only with difficulty in spite of the repugnance of nature; I know…
— Evangelista Torricelli
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We thus begin to see that the institutionalized practice of citations and references in the sphere of learning is not a trivial matter. While many…
— Robert K. Merton
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I welcome opposing viewpoints, but I should warn you that you'll be facing off against the 2nd-place finisher at the 1981 Charleston County High-School Debate…
— Stephen Colbert
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It can be argued that rapists deserve to be raped, that mutilators deserve to be mutilated. Most societies, however, refrain from responding in this way…
— Stephen Bright
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I passionately disagreed with Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's plan to bail out the banks by using a public fund called the Troubled Asset Relief Program…
— George Soros
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Ultimately, Leibniz argued, there are only two absolutely simple concepts, God and Nothingness. From these, all other concepts may be constructed, the world, and everything…
— David Berlinski
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I argued last year on my shared blog that selling the right to immigrate would be the best approach to legal immigration. Among other benefits,…
— Gary Becker
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As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making one…
— Alan Watts
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I've always argued that it is just as desirable, just as possible, to have philosopher plumbers as philosopher kings.
— Edith Green
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I argued that I didn't have any of the attributes to pose for cheesecake. I said I would have to make good on my acting…
— Teresa Wright
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