Quotes with discussion

  • Temperate, sincere, and intelligent inquiry and discussion are only to be dreaded by the advocates of error. The truth need not fear them...
  • Our discussion has shown that while in war many different roads can lead to the goal, to the attainment of the political object, fighting is the only possible means.

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  • James Baldwin Americans, unhappily, have the most remarkable ability to alchemize all bitter truths into an innocuous but piquant confection and to transform their moral contradictions, or public discussion of such contradictions, into a proud decoration, such as are given for heroism on the battle field.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Hubert Humphrey Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.
    Hubert Humphrey
    American politician (1911 - 1978)
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  • Joseph Joubert The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
    Joseph Joubert
    French writer (1754 - 1824)
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  • Bob Beauprez A good day for Barack Obama is anytime the dominant topic of discussion is anything but the economy.
    Bob Beauprez
    American politician and member (1948 - )
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  • Ludwig Wittgenstein A new word is like a fresh seed sewn on the ground of the discussion.
    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Austrian - English philosopher (1889 - 1951)
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville An American cannot converse, but he can discuss, and his talk falls into a dissertation. He speaks to you as if he was addressing a meeting; and if he should chance to become warm in the discussion, he will say ''Gentlemen'' to the person with whom he is conversing.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • Leonardo Da Vinci Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.
    Leonardo Da Vinci
    Italian painter, engineer and musician (1452 - 1519)
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  • Brad Feld As I continue to believe that innovation and entrepreneurship are the key drivers to our economic future, it's frustrating to hear such little cogent discussion around it.
    Brad Feld
    American entrepreneur, and author
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  • James Thurber Discussion in America means dissent.
    James Thurber
    American cartoonist (1894 - 1961)
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  • Lord Acton Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.
    Lord Acton
    British historian (1834 - 1902)
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  • Boutros Boutros-Ghali For President Clinton, according to this discussion I had with him, Rwanda was a marginal problem.
    Boutros Boutros-Ghali
    Egyptian politician and diplomat (1922 - 2016)
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  • Cass Sunstein Humility is of central importance; I think it's an underappreciated virtue in the contemporary discussion of law and politics.
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • Ben Stein I'm still not that familiar with it. I'm more familiar with it than most people, but nowhere near as familiar with it as a genuine expert in the subject. I don't pretend to be a scientist. I'm the person who moderates the discussion between and among the scientists.
    Ben Stein
    American professor, writer
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  • Mary Wollstonecraft If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of women, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test: though a different opinion prevails in this country.
    Mary Wollstonecraft
    British feministisch writer (1759 - 1797)
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  • Alfred P. Sloan If we are all in agreement on the decision - then I propose we postpone further discussion of this matter until our next meeting to give ourselves time to develop disagreement and perhaps gain some understanding of what the decision is all about.
    Alfred P. Sloan
    American businessman (1875 - 1966)
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  • Leon Trotsky If we had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes.
    Leon Trotsky
    Russian revolutionary and writer (1879 - 1940)
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  • Bill Hybels More than anything, people want the reality of the discussion at hand. If what is going on in that building is the real thing, if the transforming love and power of Jesus Christ is being experienced, you can sit on a metal folding chair or in a plush theater seat.
    Bill Hybels
    American church figure and author (1951 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then as questions open to discussion, and finally as established truths.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • James T. Mccay One good analogy is worth three hours discussion.
    James T. Mccay
    American author
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  • Bing Gordon One skill of a great entrepreneur is to get a whole complicated discussion and then say, 'We're going to do this one and we're only going to do this one'. Managers are good at prioritizing. Entrepreneurs know what is the one thing.
    Bing Gordon
    American video game executive and technology venture capitalist
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