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Joseph Joubert

"It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it."

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"It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it."

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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."

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"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."

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A.E. Samaan

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

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

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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."

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"You have your ideology and I have mine."

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"Defining the terms of the debate generally dictates who's gonna' win it."

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"Another example of the educational inequality is the current debate over publicly financed school vouchers which will provide educational opportunities to a privileged handful, but deprive public schools of desperately needed resources."

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"One can always debate questions back and forth."

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

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