Argument Quotes

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Do they believe their cause so just that they are above and beyond the truth? — Wally Hickel
To find agreements in one's minority opinions is one of the great pleasures of reading. — Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper
Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession many. — James Russell Lowell
Use the word 'cybernetics', Norbert, because nobody knows what it means. This will always put you at an advantage in arguments. — Claude Shannon
I am sorry to have made such a long speech, but I did not have time to write a shorter one. — Winston Churchill
Little minds try to defend everything at once, but sensible people look at the main point only; they parry the worst blows and stand a… — Frederick The Great
The ego is a self-justifying historian which seeks only that information that agrees with it, rewrites history when it needs to, and does not even… — Anthony Greenwald
It is astonishing how articulate one can become when alone and raving at a radio. Arguments and counter arguments, rhetoric and bombast flow from one's… — Stephen Fry
People often find it easier to refute a fake extreme opponent than a more cautious real one, so they knock down the straw man instead.… — Madsen Pirie
When you can prove me wrong, then call me blind. — Sophocles
There's nothing so passionate as a vested interest disguised as an intellectual conviction. — Sean O'Casey
They looked at one another in incomprehension, two minds driving opposite ways up a narrow street and waiting for the other man to reverse first. — Terry Pratchett
Asking someone to repeat a phrase you'd not only heard very clearly but were also exceedingly angry about was around Defcon II in the lexicon… — Terry Pratchett
To strive with an equal is dangerous; with a superior, mad; with an inferior, degrading. — Seneca the Younger
Now therefore, that my mind is free from all cares, and that I have obtained for myself assured leisure in peaceful solitude, I shall apply… — Rene Descartes
To those who think that the law of gravity interferes with their freedom, there is nothing to say. — Lionel Tiger
When I read passages like this, I want to look for the nearest wall to bang my head against. — S. T. Joshi
It is only because the majority opinion will always be opposed by some that our knowledge and understanding progress... it is always from a minority… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Students of popular science... are always insisting that Christianity and Buddhism are very much alike, especially Buddhism. This is generally believed, and I believed it… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your husband or your children, endeavor to overcome it by argument and not by… — Bertrand Russell

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