Quotes About Disagreement

Woodrow Wilson says that if you want to make enemies, try to change something! Well, I think there is an easier way to make enemies: Tell the truths!

Sir, if you ever presume again to speak disrespectfully of General Grant in my presence, either you or I will sever his connection with this university.

When war comes, reason is regarded as treason.

When two great powers disagree about anything - it doesn't matter what - they must find a way to settle it somehow by arbitration or by negotiation, not by war or threat of war.

Polarization affects families and groups of friends. Its a paralyzing situation. A civil war of opinion.

Mr. President, I love you, but you're wrong. (To Richard Nixon, on the Vietnam War)

Unless one is inordinately fond of subordination, one is always at war.

How is it possible to have a civil war?

No white person I met in the South would say their distaste for Obama was a function of racism. I don't agree with his liberal policies, they'd tell me. But disagreement is not hatred, and a growing body of literature argues that racism was the deciding factor in the 2016 election.

the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence. Which says we do not agree. We do not condone. All of this is wrong.

He's not a bad kisser either," I say shortly. "And it was okay with both of us? You kissing the other?" he asks. "No. It wasn't okay with either of you. But I wasn't asking your permission," I tell him. Peeta laughs again, coldly, dismissively. "Well, you're a piece of work, aren't you?

We had an argument, and he told me to be home at midnight, and I said no. And so when I did come home, the door was locked. And I had gotten a set of luggage for graduation that day, and it was on the front porch, packed. He thought that he was going to prove a point and I was going to say, 'Oh, I'm sorry, Daddy, I'm sorry'.

do not be so quick to say "okay" it is alright to disagree with the action yet love the person.

It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree.

Note a slight disagreement on my part that does not change the story by much: the world, rather, moves by large incremental random changes.

You argue with her to no avail (she is supposed to be the "expert").

It is also naïve empiricism to provide, in support of some argument, series of eloquent confirmatory quotes by dead authorities. By searching, you can always find someone who made a well-sounding statement that confirms your point of view—and, on every topic, it is possible to find another dead thinker who said the exact opposite. Almost all of my non–Yogi Berra quotes are from people I disagree with.

you have the right to contradict me so long as I have the right to contradict you.

Whenever I see that kind of story, where everybody agrees, I know there's something wrong.

Wars were fought over the different interpretations of the same doctrine.

You see, a conflict always begins with an issue—a difference of opinion, an argument. But by the time it turns into a war, the issue doesn't matter anymore, because now it's about one thing and one thing only: how much each side hates the other.

C'est par le malentendu universel que tout le monde s'accorde.

Maailma toimii vain väärinymmärryksen ansiosta. Yleisen väärinymmärryksen seurauksena kaikki näet ovat yhtä mieltä. Sillä jos ihmiset onnettomuudekseen ymmärtäisivät toisiaan, he eivät voisi olla yhtä mieltä mistään.

What's wrong with assholes, baby?