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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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"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."

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

"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."

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

"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."

"One can always debate questions back and forth."

"Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its by-product."
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"Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation."

"We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future."

"Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader."
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