Quotes about Debate

The age of the Earth is a hotly debated issue among evangelicals. Old Earthers believe, like most scientists, that the universe is billions of years old. Young Earthers measure the age of the universe in terms of thousands of years.

When the tongue or the pen is let loose in a frenzy of passion, it is the man, and not the subject, that becomes exhausted.

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

It is always the interest of a far greater number of people in a nation to have things right, than to let them remain wrong; and when public matters are open to debate, and the public judgment free, it will not decide wrong, unless it decides to hastily.

Some of the fathers were of opinion that every believer has his guardian angel. This subject needs no hot debate. It may suffice us to know the whole hierarchy of angels is employed for the good of the saints.

Arguments are to be avoided, they are always vulgar and often convincing.

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar and often convincing.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

If you can't convince them, confuse them.

Evolution is unobservable. It's based on blind faith in a few dry bones and on unreliable dating systems in which the gullible trust. Kids should be allowed to make up their own minds about this issue, and not be censored to 'one side is all we will let you hear.'

I like to do all the talking myself.  It saves time, and prevents arguments." "But

The man who sees both sides of a question is a man who sees absolutely nothing.