Argument Quotes

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Concerning God, freewill and destiny: Of all that earth has been or yet may be, all that vain men imagine or believe, or hope can… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
I think that the leaf of a tree, the meanest insect on which we trample, are in themselves arguments more conclusive than any which can… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid - in which case all… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
There will soon come an armed contest between capital and labor. They will oppose each other, not with words and arguments, but with shot and… — William Tecumseh Sherman
John Foster Dulles had called on me in his capacity as Secretary of State, and he had exhausted every argument to persuade me to place… — Norodom Sihanouk
Go beyond science, into the region of metaphysics. Real religion is beyond argument. It can only be lived both inwardly and outwardly. — Sivananda
All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering the animals are our equals. — Peter Singer
I hate this argument that says little Britain or something outside, or Britain is part of a wider Europe. We can both be within our… — Iain Duncan Smith
An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature. — Herbert Spencer
Our criminal justice system is fallible. We know it, even though we don't like to admit it. It is fallible despite the best efforts of… — Eliot Spitzer
The Republican argument that raising the debt ceiling encourages additional future spending is logically irresponsible. The debt ceiling has to be raised to authorize spending… — Eliot Spitzer
The desertion of Jesus, by his followers, furnishes an argument in support of the supposition that he attempted to be king of the Jews, rather… — Lysander Spooner
Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing the other side and defending it. — Gertrude Stein
The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will… — Stendhal
There have been no sects in the Christian world, however absurd, which have not endeavoured to support their opinions by arguments drawn from Scripture. — Laurence Sterne
Workers who come to the U.S. see their wages and their standard of living boosted sharply simply by crossing the border. That's a good thing,… — James Surowiecki
I used to think that my mother got into arguments with people because they didn't understand her English, because she was Chinese. — Amy Tan
Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions. — Booth Tarkington
Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache. — Tertullian
I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not… — Margaret Thatcher

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