Argument Quote by John Locke

The commandment to avoid contention applies to those who are right as well as those who are wrong.

— Dallin H. Oaks

“There is only one argument for doing something; the rest are arguments for doing nothing”

— Anonymous

“Every command consists of momentum and sting. The momentum forces the recipient to act, and to act in accordance with the content of the…

— Elias Canetti

Much of command is the ability to take command.

— Louis L'Amour

Obedience alone gives the right to command.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Persuasion is often more effectual than force.

— Aesop

Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.

— Pliny the Elder

A good action is preferable to an argument.

— Voltaire

Good argument is intended to persuade another.

— Barry Eisler

This command seems to me to be strictly a missionary injunction; so that, apart altogether from choice and other lower reasons, my going forth…

— James Gilmour

Persuasion, indeed, is a kind of force. It consists in showing a person the consequences of his actions. It is, in a word, force…

— James Fitzjames Stephen

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their own

— Joseph Joubert