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Debate Quotes

"Truth springs from argument amongst friends"

"The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum."

"Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it"

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

"The main point of financial opacity is that what is debatable remains hidden"

"When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser"

"Arguments are to be avoided they are always vulgar and often convincing"

"All logical arguments can be defeated by the simple refusal to reason logically"

"We do not talk we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from cursory readings of newspapers magazines and digests"

"The strongest democracies flourish from frequent and lively debate, but they endure when people of every background and belief find a way to set aside smaller differences in service of a greater purpose."

"It is the clash of judgments that produces the spark of truth."

"I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend."

"Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts"

"To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead"

"Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause "

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