Argument

William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet

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"Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake."

Integrity Argument Important Hamlet

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Ray Bradbury Author

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"Savory...that's a swell word. And Basil and Betel. Capsicum. Curry. All great. But Relish, now, Relish with a capital R. No argument, that' the best."

Argument Curry Basil

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Voltaire Philosopher, Writer

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"A good action is preferable to an argument."

Action Argument Good Actions

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Voltaire Philosopher, Writer

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"Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels."

Sides Weakness Argument

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Thomas Jefferson Politician, Founding Father

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"In the middle ages of Christianity opposition to the State opinions was hushed. The consequence was, Christianity became loaded with all the Romish follies. Nothing but free argument, raillery & even ridicule will preserve the purity of religion."

Age Opinion Argument

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Stendhal Novelist

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"The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music."

Passion Race Argument

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Rose Kennedy Socialite

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"There's nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear."

Views Argument Dear

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Machado de Assis Writer

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"Tears are not arguments."

Political Tears Argument

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George Eliot Novelist, Poet, Journalist

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"You have such strong words at command, that they make the smallest argument seem formidable."

Strong Argument Command

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John Stuart Mill Philosopher, Political Economist

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"The strongest of all arguments against the interference of the public with purely personal conduct, is that when it does interfere, the odds are that it interferes wrongly, and in the wrong place."

Doe Argument Odds

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Dale Carnegie Author, Speaker

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"You can't win an argument. You can't because if you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it."

Winning Regret Argument

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Peter Andre Singer, Television Personality

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"I told Kate I didn't love her in an argument. But I do! Those heated moments are the worst, because that's when you can do the most damage. And they're bad, because you always hit them in the spot where you know it hurts."

Hurt Argument Damage

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Plato Philosopher

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"Arguments derived from probabilities are idle."

Argument Idle Probability

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Petrarch Poet, Scholar

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"Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief"

Grief Argument

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Calvin Trillin Author, Humorist

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"The Banh Mi sandwich is really the only good argument for colonialism."

Argument Sandwiches Colonialism

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Euripides Playwright

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"Those whose cause is just will never lack good arguments."

Causes Argument

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Emil Ludwig Author

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"Debate is the death of conversation."

Argument Conversation Debate

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Carl Sagan Astronomer, Astrophysicist

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"One of the great commandments of science is, 'Mistrust arguments from authority'. (Scientists, being primates, and thus given to dominance hierarchies, of course do not always follow this commandment.)"

Argument Hierarchy Dominance

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Benjamin Disraeli Politician, Author

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"I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension."

Argument Comprehension Antagonist

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Christopher Hitchens Author, Critic, Journalist

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"There can be no progress without head-on confrontation."

Progress Argument Confrontation

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