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"Some readers may have noticed an icy little missive from Noam Chomsky ["Letters," December 3], repudiating the very idea that he and I had disagreed on the "roots" of September 11. I rush to agree. Here is what he told his audience at MIT on October 11:Clever of him to have spotted that (his favorite put-down is the preface 'Turning to the facts...') and brave of him to have taken such a lonely position. As he rightly insists, our disagreements are not really political."

Christopher Hitchens, American Author

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

Marcel Proust, French Author

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"The apologist is most entrusted with apologetics when capable of arguing his opponent's position better than his opponent."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

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"I strongly object to wrong arguments on the right side. I think I object to them more than to the wrong arguments on the wrong side."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"When every one of your arguments is characterized an attempt to bring back slavery or resegregate lunch counters, it's a little hard to have any sort of productive debate."

Ann Coulter, American Journalist

Debate, Arguments, Slavery

"The first ingredient to being wrong is to claim that you are right. Geniuses have a knack for raising new questions. Hence by the public they are either admired for their creativity or, even more commonly so, detested for disturbing the daily peace of mind."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

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"We should not use special budget procedures to jam through legislation to drill in the Arctic Refuge. This topic is too important to the public to address it in such a back-door manner. We should be having a full, open discussion of the issue during an energy debate."

Russ Feingold, American Politician

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"Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its by-product."

Christopher Lasch, American Historian

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"I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments but not with comprehension."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

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"The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information."

Christopher Lasch, American Historian

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

"The apologist is most entrusted with apologetics when capable of arguing his opponent's position better than his opponent."

"I strongly object to wrong arguments on the right side. I think I object to them more than to the wrong arguments on the wrong side."

"When every one of your arguments is characterized an attempt to bring back slavery or resegregate lunch counters, it's a little hard to have any sort of productive debate."

"The first ingredient to being wrong is to claim that you are right. Geniuses have a knack for raising new questions. Hence by the public they are either admired for their creativity or, even more commonly so, detested for disturbing the daily peace of mind."

"We should not use special budget procedures to jam through legislation to drill in the Arctic Refuge. This topic is too important to the public to address it in such a back-door manner. We should be having a full, open discussion of the issue during an energy debate."

"Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its by-product."

"I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments but not with comprehension."

"The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information."

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"I'm not a slave to objectivity. I'm never quite sure what it means. And it means different things to different people."

"Some people continue to pretend that anchor people are reporters."

"If you tailor your news viewing so that you only get one point of view, well of course you're going to think somebody else has got a different point of view, and it may be wrong."

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"Don't be confused that my interest in religion, faith, and spirituality is driven by any sense of faith or spirituality of my own."

"I think Chris Matthews is a very bright guy. I'd listen to him even if he didn't shout at people."