Argument Quotes

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A delusion that encourages belief where there is no evidence is asking for trouble. Disagreements between incompatible beliefs cannot be settled by reasoned argument because… — Richard Dawkins
I used to say that, as Solicitor General, I made three arguments of every case. First came the one that I planned-as I thought, logical,… — Robert H. Jackson
I followed his argument with the blank uneasiness which one might feel in the presence of a logical lunatic. — Victor Serge
I let the argument rip healthily between the departments. This is a very good way to finding out the truth. — Winston Churchill
Why prove to a man he is wrong? Is that going to make him like you? Why not let him save face? He didn't ask… — Dale Carnegie
Their argument is that most shows are losers, which is true, but it's also disingenuous to say, 'We are not going to take the risk… — Dick Wolf
The law compells no man to impossible things. The argument ab impossibili is forcible in law. — Edward Coke
Aw, everybody knows that game, the day I hit the homer off ole Charlie Root there in Wrigley Field, the day October first, the third… — Babe Ruth
What kind of expression is this - "punishing Israel"? Are we a vassal state of yours? Are we a banana republic? Are we youths of… — Menachem Begin
For hundreds of pages the closely-reasoned arguments unroll, axioms and theorems interlock. And what remains with us in the end? A general sense that the… — Michael Frayn
There are two modes of knowledge: through argument and through experience. Argument brings conclusions and compels us to concede them, but it does not cause… — Roger Bacon
The American press is, and always has been, a booster press, its editorial pages characteristically advancing the same arguments as the paid advertising copy. — Lewis H. Lapham
You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree. — Regina Brett
The methods of peace propaganda which aim at establishing peace doctrine by argument and by creating a feeling favorable to peace in general seem to… — Elihu Root
The mere assemblage of peace loving people to interchange convincing reasons for their common faith, mere exhortation and argument to the public in favor of… — Elihu Root
There are clear cases in which understanding literally applies and clear cases in which it does not apply; and these two sorts of cases are… — John Searle
When people believe a conclusion is true, they are also very likely to believe arguments that appear to support it, even when these arguments are… — Daniel Kahneman
If you're older, you're smarter. I just believe that. If you're in an argument with someone older than you, you should listen to 'em. Even… — Louis C. K.
The method I take to do this is not yet very usual; for instead of using only comparative and superlative Words, and intellectual Arguments, I… — William Petty
The concept of military necessity is seductively broad, and has a dangerous plasticity. Because they invariably have the visage of overriding importance, there is always… — William J. Brennan

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