Argument Against Quotes

31 Argument Against quotes by 29 unique authors

You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it. — Noam Chomsky
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. — Winston Churchill
The real argument against aristocracy is that it always means the rule of the ignorant. For the most dangerous of all forms of ignorance is… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I do see that there is an argument against suicide: the grief of the worshipers left behind, the awful famine in their hearts, these are… — Mark Twain
When neither high purpose nor the categorical imperatives of religion will do, the only argument against suicide is life itself. You pause and attend: the… — Al Alvarez
The power to determine the quantity of money... is too important, too pervasive, to be exercised by a few people, however public-spirited, if there is… — Milton Friedman
The abuse of a thing is no argument against the use of it. — Jeremy Collier
If you want a good argument against democracy, spend five minutes with a voter. — Winston Churchill
No one talks about the real ethics disaster in Washington. It's that many members of Congress will listen to any argument against a bill except… — Ron Paul
In one sense I feel that my book is a one-woman argument against determinism. — Susan Griffin
Even those who identify themselves as libertarians follow an overtly anti-rationalist philosophy, as even a brief acquaintance with the work of Friedrich Hayek should make… — Philip E. Agre
I've always felt that the placement of a man's testicles is an eloquent argument against intelligent design. — Mark Lawrence
The only real argument against the Bible is an unholy life. When a man argues against the Word of God, follow him home, and see… — Charles Spurgeon
I do not see that the sex of the candidate is an argument against her admission as a Privatdozent. After all, the Senate is not… — David Hilbert
Why do we not exhaust the heritage of the ages, spiritual and material for our immediate pleasure, and let posterity go hang? So far as… — Russell Kirk
... the only argument against vivisection that will be seen to have lasting power - that we do not improve human society by means that… — Jon Wynne-Tyson
But I think it is hardly an argument against a man's general strength of character, that he should be apt to be mastered by love.… — George Eliot
There could be no more powerful argument against mixing religion and government than the success of independent African American churches in placing racial segregation and… — Susan Jacoby
The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The most convincing argument against early parenthood is that you are in a relationship that is likely to fall apart before that child grows up. — Tony Parsons
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
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
One argument against open systems is that they become open to everything, good and bad. Like a Richard Meier skyscraper, the anal retentive, Bauhaus elegance… — Douglas Rushkoff
My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A… — C.S. Lewis
The argument for liberty is not an argument against organization, which is one of the most powerful tools human reason can employ, but an argument… — Friedrich August von Hayek

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