Quotes with argument

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  • Thomas Hardy My argument is that war makes rattling good history; but peace is poor reading.
    Thomas Hardy
    British writer and poet (1840 - 1928)
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  • Bill Engvall My wife and I had an argument last week that was so stupid, that it bears repeating. My wife collects twist ties...welcome to my world.
    Cheap Drunk: An Autobiography
    Bill Engvall
    American comedian and actor (1957 - )
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  • Omar Khayyam Myself when young did eagerly frequent doctor and saint, and heard great argument about it and about: but evermore came out by the same door as in I went.
    Omar Khayyam
    Persian astronoom, poet (1048 - 1131)
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  • William Pitt Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
    William Pitt
    British statesman (1759 - 1806)
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  • Rufus Choate Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
    Rufus Choate
    American lawyer, orator, and Congressman (1799 - 1859)
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  • Richard Whately Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.
    Richard Whately
    British writer (1787 - 1863)
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  • Jascha Heifetz No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.
    Jascha Heifetz
    American-Russian violinist (1901 - 1987)
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  • Marilyn Ferguson No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or emotional appeal.
    Marilyn Ferguson
    American author, editor and public speaker (1938 - 2008)
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  • George M. Adams Note how good you feel after you have encouraged someone else. No other argument is necessary to suggest that never miss the opportunity to give encouragement.
    George M. Adams
    American newspaper columnist (1878 - 1962)
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  • Frederick Frieseke Now you can begin to see quite transparently that nothing purchased life is one of argument, If other people don't agree with you you're in big trouble. How far would you get in your work if nobody agreed that what you were doing had value?
    Frederick Frieseke
    American-born French painter (1874 - 1939)
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  • Bob Beauprez Obama and the Democrats' preposterous argument is that we are just one more big tax increase away from solving our economic problems. The inescapable conclusion, however, is that the primary driver of the short-term deficit is not tax cuts but the lack of any meaningful economic growth over the last half decade.
    Bob Beauprez
    American politician and member (1948 - )
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  • Thomas Hardy Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them.
    Thomas Hardy
    British writer and poet (1840 - 1928)
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  • Barack Obama Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared. And the country's scared.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Will Rogers People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.
    Will Rogers
    American actor and humorist (1879 - 1935)
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  • Daniel Webster Philosophic argument, especially that drawn from the vastness of the universe, in comparison with the apparent insignificance of this globe, has sometimes shaken my reason for the faith that is in me; but my heart has always assured and reassured me that
    Daniel Webster
    American lawyer and statesman (1782 - 1852)
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  • Daniel Webster Philosophical argument has sometimes shaken my reason for the faith that was in me; but my heart has always assured me that the Gospel of Jesus Christ must be reality.
    Daniel Webster
    American lawyer and statesman (1782 - 1852)
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  • Hosea Ballou Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the skeptic.
    Hosea Ballou
    American Theologian, Founder of ''Universalism'' (1771 - 1852)
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  • Che Guevara Silence is argument carried out by other means.
    Che Guevara
    Argentinian Marxist revolutionary (1928 - 1967)
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  • Jane Austen Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.
    Jane Austen
    English writer (1775 - 1817)
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  • Samuel Johnson Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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