Quotes About Debate

Quarrelling with a drunkard is like disputing with a man who is not present there.

The philosophers of the Middle Ages demonstrated both that the Earth did not exist and also that it was flat. Today they are still arguing about whether the world exists, but they no longer dispute about whether it is flat.

It is one thing to debate whether a particular disaster is God's judgment, in what sense it is God's judgment, or whether God's judgment is its main reason, but to rule it out in principle is pure prejudice.

So the non-Christian argues against the Christian idea of God by using non-Christian definitions of love, evil, evidence, necessity, and other key terms. Then why not also argue against a non-Christian idea of God and leave us out of the debate altogether? The argument from the problem of evil is best used by non-Christians against non-Christians.

if you learn and apply the biblical approach to apologetics, you will be able to decisively crush any non-Christian in debate. You will be able to completely bewilder and embarrass any unbeliever.

Logic,' indeed!

Why should we bother to reply to Kautsky? He would reply to us, and we would have to reply to his reply. There's no end to that. It will be quite enough for us to announce that Kautsky is a traitor to the working class, and everyone will understand everything.

Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.

A long dispute means both parties are wrong.

There are two sorts of people with whom you can never win an argument: those who base their belief on absolute faith, and those who know something by experience.

The critical opinions of a writer should always be taken with a large grain of salt. For the most part, they are manifestations of his debate with himself as to what he should do next and what he should avoid.

A massive immigration bill has no chance of becoming law.

Arguments over grammar and style are often as fierce as those over IBM versus Mac, and as fruitless as Coke versus Pepsi and boxers versus briefs.

There are always more people who prefer to speak than to listen.

In politics, if you're explaining, you're loosing.

It is impossible for ideas to compete in the marketplace if no forum for their presentation is provided or available.

Why am I arguing with a computer?

Thinking of the universe as a computer is controversial.

Rittner's Computer Law: Never argue with people who write with digital ink and pay by the kilowatt-hour.

I think I'll side with the pissheads on this one.

The mutual confidence on which all else depends can be maintained only by an open mind and a brave reliance upon free discussion.

I'd agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong.

The courage of one's opinions is always a form of calculating cowardice in the eyes of the "other side.

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.