Quotes About Debate

In argument about moral problems, relativism is the first refuge of the scoundrel.

Argument is meant to reveal the truth, not to create it.

Using insult instead of argument is the sign of a small mind.

A defeated argument that refuses to be obliterated can remain very alive.

A fair result can be obtained only by fully stating and balancing the facts and arguments on both sides of each question." Charles Darwin

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.

He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.

That's what we're missing. We're missing argument. We're missing debate. We're missing colloquy. We're missing all sorts of things. Instead, we're accepting.

The definition of a Racist is anybody winning an argument with a liberal.

To every argument an equal argument is opposed.

The person who knows only his side of the argument knows little of that.

I never allow myself to have an opinion on anything that I don't know the other side's argument better than they do.

Argument is conclusive, but it does not remove doubt.

The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face.

There are three sides to every argument. Yours. The other guy's. And the right side.

Liberals want Conservatives to shut up. Conservatives want Liberals to keep talking. Because our arguments make sense and theirs don't

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Rudeness is better than any argument; it totally eclipses intellect.

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

Extrapolations are the last refuge of a groundless argument.

Argument need not be heated; it can be punctuated with courteous smiles - or sympathetic tears.

Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing the other side and defending it.

A day without an argument is like an egg without salt.

The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.