Argument Quotes

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People have long assumed that violence is necessary for political change. Rulers never cede power voluntarily, the argument goes, so progressives have no choice but… — Steven Pinker
The strongest argument against totalitarianism may be a recognition of a universal human nature; that all humans have innate desires for life, liberty and the… — Steven Pinker
A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds… — Edgar Allan Poe
Don't treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic and never used. And don't try to give me that nerd argument that your… — Amy Poehler
No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude. — Karl Popper
Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand. — Colin Powell
Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists. — Dennis Prager
I build no system. I ask an end to privilege, the abolition of slavery, equality of rights, and the reign of law. Justice, nothing else;… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
No references to the need to fight terror can be an argument for restricting human rights. — Vladimir Putin
The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a… — Carroll Quigley
Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance. — Robert Quillen
If I can make a career for myself after Potter, and it goes well, and is varied and with longevity, then that puts to bed… — Daniel Radcliffe
If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions… — Ramakrishna
The truth is that killing innocent people is always wrong - and no argument or excuse, no matter how deeply believed, can ever make it… — Feisal Abdul Rauf
People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument. — Will Rogers
When I have an argument with someone, even with someone I am not very close with, I can't sleep at night thinking about it. It's… — Hans Rosling
Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
There are many who criticise the United Nations. And those of us who know this institution well know that it is not immune from criticism.… — Kevin Rudd
Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up. — Donald Rumsfeld
A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to… — Salman Rushdie

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