Conflicting opinions Quote by Friedrich August von Hayek

The spot where we intend to fight must not be made known; for then the enemy will have to prepare against a possible attack…

— Sun Tzu

I think putting numbers together into a coherent framework always seemed to me to be what really matters.

— Angus Deaton

In war, numbers alone confer no advantage. Do not advance relying on sheer military power.

— Sun Tzu

In a battle between force and an idea, the latter always prevails.

— Ludwig von Mises

Whenever a man can get hold of numbers, they are invaluable: if correct, they assist in informing his own mind, but they are still…

— Charles Babbage

You know that neither numbers nor strength give the victory, but that side which, with the assistance of the gods, attacks with the greatest…

— Xenophon

If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in his own hands, it is certain that his opinion…

— Horatio Nelson

Numbers tend to give the impression that there's more order in the world than there is.

— Andy Rooney

I am convinced there is no more effective method of preventing a war than a decisive stance illustrating that we are ready at any…

— Andrzej Duda

Some of our problems can no more be solved correctly by majority opinion than can a problem in arithmetic and there are few problems…

— Henry Latham Doherty

Sometimes I like to list the strongest arguments I can find to support a point of view I think is wrong. When I have…

— Lewis B. Smedes

An opinion which excites no opposition at all is not worth having!

— Marie Corelli