Controversy Quote by Frederick William Robertson

Controversy for the sake of controversy is sin. Controversy for the sake of truth is a divine command.

— Walter Martin

Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.

— George Washington

I think controversy is not always a bad thing. Jesus was controversial. It's through controversy that people often wake up and smell the coffee…

— Kirk Cameron

“For anyone with eyes to see, there can be no doubt that religious faith remains a perpetual source of human conflict. Religion persuades otherwise…

— Sam Harris

“Challenging our sacred beliefs is both frightening and difficult, but we must do it. It is wrong to live in a laissez faire, relativistic…

— Daniel Jones

I have never entered into any controversy in defense of my philosophical opinions; I leave them to take their chance in the world. If…

— Benjamin Franklin

“Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause. I had hoped that liberal…

— George Washington

Matters of religion should never be matters of controversy. We neither argue with a lover about his taste, nor condemn him, if we are…

— George Santayana

Doubtless there are times when controversy becomes a necessary evil. But let us remember that it is an evil.

— Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

Keeping religion immune from criticism is both unwarranted and dangerous.

— Lawrence M. Krauss

Can one consider controversy without falling into it?

— Elizabeth Janeway

There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.

— Benjamin Whichcote