Argument Quotes

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Let us not become so intense in our zeal to do good by winning arguments or by our pure intention in disputing doctrine that we… — James E. Faust
Good argument is intended to persuade another. — Barry Eisler
The most important guideline when it comes to argument is the golden rule. If someone were addressing your point, what tone, what overall approach would… — Barry Eisler
There are some who complain that there is not enough food grain. But I put the argument that at the moment we use 2000 census… — K. V. Thomas
Disagreements between incompatible beliefs cannot be settled by reasoned argument because reasoned argument is drummed out of those trained in religion from the cradle. — Richard Dawkins
In China, national priorities are established by the Government and then funded by the state; in India, priorities emerge from seemingly endless discussions and arguments… — Shashi Tharoor
There are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments and are moving this country forward. They believe, and I believe,… — Barack Obama
When we think about global warming at all, the arguments tend to be ideological, theological and economic. — Bill McKibben
Most of the intelligence out there must be artificial intelligence. We keep looking for critters like us living on a planet like ours, where in… — Seth Shostak
The argument that resistance to the war should remain strictly nonviolent seems to me overwhelming. — Noam Chomsky
A religious commitment coupled with theological awareness gives Jews a much better way to answer the claims made upon us by missionaries representing other religions… — David Novak
I have argued about the future of fiction with jaded novelists, far-seeing postmodernists, technologists, television critics. The argument that future generations will not know the… — Russell Smith
At the height of the Cold War, when Ronald Reagan was president, the Soviets and their allies and satellites did not shirk human rights debates… — Elliott Abrams
The argument that all Jews have a heartfelt investment in the state of Israel is untrue. Some have a heartfelt investment in corned beef sandwiches. — Judith Butler
The irrationality of disgust suggests it is unreliable as a source of moral insight. There may be good arguments against gay marriage, partial-birth abortions and… — Paul Bloom
A moral argument about whether censorship is good or bad deteriorates quickly into accusations about who is more or less patriotic, moral, pious, and so… — Rebecca MacKinnon
In the past, secularists sought to challenge dogma by the use of rational argument, claiming, for example, that miracles described in the Bible are scientifically… — Stephen Kinzer
I was very young, and I remember this heated, passionate argument and trying to figure out some place called Vietnam, something called a Watergate, and… — Bill Huizenga
I grew up in a family that despised displays of strong emotion, rage in particular. We stewed. We sulked. When arguments did occur, they were… — Koren Zailckas
There will always be excuses, arguments, and questions of timing when moving on difficult and controversial issues. — Lara Giddings

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