“ The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. ”
- Bertrand Russell- Copy
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“ Marriage is one long conversation, checkered by disputes. ”
- Robert Louis Stevenson- Copy
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“ It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle it without debate. ”
- Joseph Joubert- Copy
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“ Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled. ”
- Michael Crichton- Copy
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“ Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate. ”
- Hubert H. Humphrey- Copy
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“ Honest differences of views and honest debate are not disunity. They are the vital process of policy making among free men. ”
- Herbert Clark Hoover- Copy
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“ Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its by-product. ”
- Christopher Lasch- Copy
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“ The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information. ”
- Christopher Lasch- Copy
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“ What we have to do… is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities. ”
- Hillary Clinton- Copy
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“ I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job. ”
- Margaret Thatcher- Copy
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“ It is not he who gives abuse that affronts, but the view that we take of it as insulting; so that when one provokes you it is your own opinion which is provoking. ”
- Epictetus- Copy
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“ I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension. ”
- Benjamin Disraeli- Copy
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“ In arguing, too, the parson own'd his skill, For even though vanquished he could argue still. ”
- Oliver Goldsmith- Copy
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“ I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
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“ I argue that the Talmud is about the constant struggle to understand. ”
- Arthur Hertzberg- Copy
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“ I am a shocker. I like to create controversy. It's my trademark. ”
- Brenda Fassie- Copy
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“ When you argue against Him you are arguing against the very power that makes you able to argue at all: it is like cutting off the branch you are sitting on. ”
- C.S. Lewis- Copy
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“ Well, I'll be available to debate you before the Republican state convention Saturday. You name the time, and I'll be there. ”
- Tom McClintock- Copy
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“ We adopt this strategy now because there's an urgency to this debate. Over time, the space of free expression has shrunk. ”
- Lawrence Lessig- Copy
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“ I heard Dennis Kucinich say in a debate, 'When I'm president... and I just wanted to stop him and say, 'Dude.'. ”
- Jon Stewart- Copy
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