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The only truths worth arguing about are those truths that could prevent or lead to circumstances that may bite us in the rear sooner or later. — Criss Jami

I don't feel that an atmosphere of debate and total disagreement and argument is such a bad thing. It makes for a vital and alive field. — Clifford Geertz

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.
[Address at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 23 November 2004] — Desmond Tutu

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

I don't pretend to know everything; I just only speak on matters I know I'll win. — Criss Jami

To leave a man's ego bigger, retweet him. To leave his faculty of reasoning better, challenge his tweet. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The clash of ideas is not weakness.Truth reaches its place when tussling with error. — Richard Henry Pratt

He could argue a case for anything, but that doesn't change the fact he's wrong most of the time. — Michael Monroe

A man lives by believing something; not by debating and arguing about many things. — Thomas Carlyle

Arguing with a lawyer is not the hardest thing in the world; not arguing is. — Raheel Farooq

The Constitution was intended less to resolve arguments than to make argument itself the solution. — Joseph J. Ellis

Intellect is the virtue of ignoring one's emotions' attempt to contaminate one's opinions. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

While having one's assertions challenged might be bad for an unintelligent man's ego; it sure is good for his intellect. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Cop-out excuses and catch-phrase dismissals can only work so long before the holes in the religious argument cannot be ignored any longer. — Steve Dustcircle

I'm very depressed how in this country you can be told "That's offensive" as though those two words constitute an argument. — Christopher Hitchens

I have witnessed how the power of listening, storytelling and embracing gray areas breaks through the rigid 'us vs. them. — Aspen Baker

The love of conflict is most evident when opposing forces join sides to defeat the peacemaker. — Criss Jami

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers who can cut through the argument debate and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand. — Colin Powell

Debate is the death of conversation. — Emil Ludwig

In a debate, rather pull to pieces the argument of thy antagonists than offer him any of thy own; for thus thou wilt fight him in his own country. — Henry Fielding

The moment that one person in an argument claims to be God, dialogue and debate become impossible. — Meir Soloveichik

The daughter of debate That still discord doth sow. — Elizabeth I

There's more to logic than identifying logical fallacies. — Criss Jami

By the very act of arguing, you awake the patient's reason; and once it is awake, who can foresee the result? — C.S. Lewis

I love the question-and-answer. I love to see liberals try to thrash their way to a coherent argument. And actually, I think it's fun to debate. — Ann Coulter

A good story should provoke discussion, debate, argument ... and the occasional bar fight. — J. Michael Straczynski

Naturally, I always place my word over anyone else's simply because I know why I said what I said. — Criss Jami

De Bono argues that the West's tradition of settling disagreement by debate or argument is an example of overreliance on logic. — Steve Volk

I am very cautious of people who are absolutely right, especially when they are vehemently so. — Michael Palin

For good ideas and true innovation, you need human interaction, conflict, argument, debate. — Margaret Heffernan