Argument Quotes

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It is true that the reluctance to abstain from animal food, in those who have been long accustomed to its stimulus, is so great in… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
The terminology of philosophical art is coercive: arguments are powerful and best when they are knockdown, arguments force you to a conclusion, if you believe… — Robert Nozick
There has been a controversy started of late, much better worth examination, concerning the general foundation of Morals; whether they be derived from Reason, or… — David Hume
These arguments on each side (and many more might be produced) are so plausible, that I am apt to suspect, they may, the one as… — David Hume
But in many orders of beauty, particularly those of the finer arts, it is requisite to employ much reasoning, in order to feel the proper… — David Hume
The continual intrusion into our minds of the hammering noises of arguments and propaganda can lead to two kinds of reactions. It may lead to… — Joost Meerloo
That's what we're missing. We're missing argument. We're missing debate. We're missing colloquy. We're missing all sorts of things. Instead, we're accepting. — Studs Terkel
'In his celebrated book, 'On Liberty', the English philosopher John Stuart Mill argued that silencing an opinion is "a peculiar evil." If the opinion is… — Carl Sagan
The laissez-faire argument relies on the same tacit appeal to perfection as does communism. — George Soros
Even those who identify themselves as libertarians follow an overtly anti-rationalist philosophy, as even a brief acquaintance with the work of Friedrich Hayek should make… — Philip E. Agre
One of the most extraordinary examples in recent decades [of unitary visions of constitutional enterprise] is found in a book called "Takings"... Epstein makes an… — Laurence Tribe
It seems strange to make a priori arguments about the relative performance of governments and the markets in health care when there is so much… — John Quiggin
But it feels good to love a thing and not expect anything back. It feels good to not get an argument or any pushiness or… — A.S. King
Christianity has been successfully attacked and marginalizedâ€¦ because those who professed belief were unable to defend the faith from attack, even though its attackersâ€™ arguments… — William Wilberforce
In an age in which infidelity abounds, do we observe parents carefully instructing their children in the principles of faith which they profess? Or do… — William Wilberforce
An aim of an argument should be progress, but progress ultimately means little without victory. — Gary L. Francione
I suppose it's unfair, tricks of argument that leave wounds, but with this sort of thing that (C.S.) Lewis does, what I feel is a… — Joy Davidman
I have advocated postal reform for many years. The parliament said it was an absurd argument. The people have said it was the right thing, — Junichiro Koizumi
The strongest argument for the unmaterialistic character of American life is . . . that we tolerate conditions that are, from a materialistic point of… — Mary McCarthy
Yes, I share your concern: how to program well -though a teachable topic- is hardly taught. The situation is similar to that in mathematics, where… — Edsger Dijkstra

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