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James Robinson

"Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do."

James Robinson, American Filmmaker
Argument, Arguments
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"Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do."

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"A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments."

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"It's not about whether or not someone is a bigot, but whether or not the argument which that someone is arguing is worth being a bigot about."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher
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"We go round and round trying to convince one another that our opinion makes more sense. And the only winner is time for making us look like fools by wasting it."

S. A. Tawks, British Author
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"You take the words in the sense which is most damaging to the argument."

Plato, Greek Philosopher
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"What convinces is conviction. Believe in the argument you're advancing. If you don't you're as good as dead. The other person will sense that something isn't there, and no chain of reasoning, no matter how logical or elegant or brilliant, will win your case for you."

Lyndon B. Johnson, American President
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"Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, knowing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about."

Rodney Dangerfield, American Comedian
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"The conservative argument is that the economy is like the weather, that it just operates automatically."

Sidney Blumenthal, American Journalist
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"They believed that Britain was in Ireland defending their own interests, therefore the Irish had the right to use violence to put them out. My argument was that that type of thinking was out of date."

John Hume, Irish Politician
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"Are you insinuatin' that my daughter is a liar?'Oh, no, not at all. I'm saying your daughter is a liar. Surely you can appreciate the difference."

Kami Garcia, American Writer
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