Quotes About Contention

It is a common thing for supporters of President Trump, even as early as when he was a candidate, to say, 'He fights.' And yes, he does fight. He fights everyone. He gets into all kinds of scraps that are pointless and unnecessary. He insults when he doesn't need to.

Our spirits are corroded by living in an atmosphere of unrelenting contention - an argument culture.

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.

An important work of architecture will create polemics.

Throughout my political life, I've not been a stranger to controversy.

The story of Daniel Lord and the Legion of Decency goes to a central contention of this book: in the United States, it is industrial structure that determines the limits of free speech.

Each thinks he or she is more righteous than the other. Each

No man who is resolved to make the most of himself,' said Lincoln, 'can spare time for personal contention.

In every age and clime we see Two of a trade can never agree.

We are in the habit of contention—against the world, against each other, against ourselves. It is not from ourselves that we will learn to be better than we are.

Nothing brings people together more than mutual hatred.

There are many persons of combative tendencies, who read for ammunition, and dig out of the Bible iron for balls. They read, and they find nitre and charcoal and sulphur for powder. They read, and they find cannon. They read, and they make portholes and embrasures. And if a man does not believe as they do, they look upon him as an enemy, and let fly the Bible at him to demolish him. So men turn the word of God into a vast arsenal, filled with all manner of weapons, offensive and defensive.

Successful families try to work together toward solutions instead of resorting to criticism and contention.

A true Christian, who is born anew of the Spirit of Christ, is in the simplicity of Christ, and hath no strife or contention with any man about religion.

In the East, the main object is to have a well-ordered society so that everybody can have maximum enjoyment of his freedoms. This freedom can only exist in an ordered state and not in a natural state of contention and anarchy.

The problem is we disagree about the origin. Is this occupied land or not?

Let my enemies devour each other.

When you shoot in a room, that's a symmetrical thing that contains you. When there's no contention, the sensation is overwhelming you. That's a challenge, to do that.

The North Korean regime and its leaders have often been described as irrational. My experiences have made me question that contention and wonder if this "irrationality" is more often than not a label applied to those who do not wish to understand an opponent's worldview.

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

There is nothing like instances to grow hair on a bald-headed argument.

Arguments are too much like disputes.

The inhabitants will always see both sides of an argument so long as it can result in a fight.

Almost invariably, whoever doesn't win the argument is going to be unhappy.