"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."

Argument, Truth, Power, Regret, Wisdom

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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."

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"That's what we're missing. We're missing argument. We're missing debate. We're missing colloquy. We're missing all sorts of things. Instead, we're accepting."

Studs Terkel, American Journalist

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"Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument."

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"Capital punishment is the source of many an argument, both good and bad."

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"Neither irony or sarcasm is argument."

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"Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument."

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"The most powerful argument of all for saving open space is economics; in most states, tourism is the number two industry."

Jim Fowler, American Scientist

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"When you let someone else win an argument, often you both end up winners."

Richard Carlson, American Author

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"If you are ignorant, you certainly can get into some interesting arguments."

Herbert Prochnow, American Banker

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"For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns. His hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it that he might learn by experiment what argument taught."

Roger Bacon, English Philosopher

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"Given the difficulty of resisting such temptations over the longer run, a proper concern for the welfare of congressional souls may well be the ultimate argument in favor of term limitations."

James L. Buckley, American Politician

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