Quotes by Argument There is nothing that a New-Englander so nearly worships as an argument. Henry Ward Beecher argument worship An Argument needs no reason; Nor any friendship. Ibycus argument reason needs This argument has been codified in the twentieth century as meritocracy, in which those on top in the process of capitalist accumulation have merited their position. Immanuel Wallerstein argument century process When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you. Irving Layton argument clever arguing Never preach a sermon without a text from the Bible, a text containing the theme which you can elaborate. The text is the best proof in support of your argument. A sermon without a text is an argument without a proof. Isaac Mayer Wise argument proof support Fallacious and misleading arguments are most easily detected if set out in correct syllogistic form. Immanuel Kant argument form ifs Affect not little shifts and subterfuges to avoid the force of an argument. Isaac Watts argument patient littles When a false argument puts on the appearance of a true one, then it is properly called a sophism or fallacy. Isaac Watts sophistry argument appearance Argument need not be heated; it can be punctuated with courteous smiles - or sympathetic tears. J. Sidlow Baxter argument tears needs People may refuse to see the truth of our arguments, but they cannot evade the evidence of a holy life. J. C. Ryle argument may people I became the stage for the great argument between Nietzsche and Rousseau. I was the extra ready to take on all the roles. Jacques Derrida argument stage roles Rage can only with difficulty, and never entirely, be brought under the domination of the intelligence, and therefore is not susceptible to any arguments whatsoever. James A. Baldwin argument rage anger Every time he tried to reconstruct the internal arguments that had led to his decision, they sounded feebler to him. J. K. Rowling argument internals decision All I can say is that laughter is my music; I would deeply suspect an argument which hadn't laughter. James Tiptree Jr. suspects argument laughter Passion does not make careful arguments: it declares itself, and that is enough. Jane Hirshfield argument passion doe Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession many. James Russell Lowell aspiration argument sides Arguments are too much like disputes. Jane Austen disputes argument too-much The Republicans, in the various arguments, repeat exactly the same phrases one after another, with no sense of embarrassment, no sense of shame, no sense of intellectual integrity. Jay Rockefeller argument intellectual integrity There is a difference between being a political force, or a political apparent force or a potential force, and between a real discourse or a real argument. Jay Rockefeller argument political real The argument of the strongest is always the best. Jean de La Fontaine strongest argument «7891011121314151617»