Argument Quotes

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I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job. — Margaret Thatcher
On balance, after weighing the arguments, I believe that the time has come for Australia to create a new sovereign wealth fund. — Malcolm Turnbull
A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about. — Miguel de Unamuno
Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory. — Leonardo da Vinci
Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels. — Voltaire
We must reinforce argument with results. — Booker T. Washington
Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience. — Rebecca West
Various are the pleas and arguments which men of corrupt minds frequently urge against yielding obedience to the just and holy commands of God. — George Whitefield
Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion. — Oscar Wilde
Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing. — Oscar Wilde
The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves. — Oscar Wilde
Constitutional arguments that seem as dry as dust can have momentous consequences. — George Will
A flourishing, morally credible media is a vital component in the maintenance of genuinely public talk, argument about common good. — Rowan Williams
'The Creation' presents an argument for saving biological diversity on Earth. Most of the book is for as broad an audience as possible. — E. O. Wilson
In Vegas, I got into a long argument with the man at the roulette wheel over what I considered to be an odd number. — Steven Wright
We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry. — William Butler Yeats
My argument would be that I don't think there is much that's genuinely political art that is good art. — Thom Yorke
Philosophy has to be enquiring; it can take nothing on faith, and its methods are based not on the blind acceptance of authority, but on… — Julian Baggini
The modern believer is not suspicious enough, which is perhaps why, when they try to construct arguments in their defence, the convictions are left doing… — Julian Baggini
For good ideas and true innovation, you need human interaction, conflict, argument, debate. — Margaret Heffernan

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