Argument Quote by Ronald Fisher

A good cause is often injured more by ill-timed efforts of its friends than by the arguments of its enemies. Persuasion, perseverance and patience…

— Thomas Jefferson

Because one cause is bad does not make the opposing cause good.

— Fay Weldon

Pretensions to moral superiority are devastatingly destructive.

— Mary Douglas

The arrogance that says analysing the relationship between reasons and causes is more important than writing a philosophy of shyness or sadness or friendship…

— Alain de Botton

The most powerful moral influence is example.

— Huston Smith

It is a prejudice to think that morality is more favourable to the development of reason than immorality.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Those whose cause is just will never lack good arguments.

— Euripides

“Once again, claims of moral superiority are used to justify extreme actions. Once again, the fact that some people are hurt is shrugged off…

— Michael Crichton

Persuasive influences are better than any amount of moralizing.

— Louisa May Alcott

The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the good and the lesser good.

— Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.

— William Howard Taft

When reasons are weak, attitudes stiffen.

— Stanislaw Jerzy Lec