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The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument.

In a family argument, if it turns out you are right -- apologize at once.

I just cannot understand this sort of argument.

The smarter conservatives, in my view, probably know that a lot of the things they're saying are not true, which only makes them say them with greater certainty. But there's another level of conservative spokesperson who probably believes every word of his or her propaganda and are immune to facts, immune to argument.

Go beyond science, into the region of metaphysics. Real religion is beyond argument. It can only be lived both inwardly and outwardly.

It's a concrete argument. If we had played on Nov. 16, the players would be back to their clubs the following day and playing a match on Saturday (Nov. 19), followed by crucial European Cup matches. I put myself in the position of a club coach.

Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them.

O, know, sweet love, I always write of you,
And you and love are still my argument;
So all my best is dressing old words new,
Spending again what is already spent.

This is about a private-property right and an unfair, narrow tax with a phony 'fee' label, ... We've been accused before of being in the pocket of the tobacco companies, from people who question your motives before they pay any attention to the argument.

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.

We will probably not be making that argument.

I'm not going to get in to an argument with anyone about the relative merits of Judaism and Christianity, and what it means for a Jewish kid to be a Christian - I'm just not interested in that argument.

When you consider alternatives such as Linux, arguments in favor of Windows are not as appealing. This worm was basically an exercise to show off the flaws in Microsoft security and Microsoft didn't fare too well.

allowing us to be persuaded by the argument of those who would deny that the genocide occurred at all.

I make the argument, I got hammered for this, that parents should actually consider spending less time at work and more time with their families, ... ... I'll take the hit for saying parents need to parent.

I think the way the arguments turned out, the voting rights issues are front and center, and that the justices heard loud and clear the message that you can't manipulate voters on the basis of race.

You gotta show me good faith here. We're gonna try and help. You're not the big fish, you're a small player. I'm trying to build an argument for you that you're helping us. You gotta give me something. Who's one of your friends that went to camp.

That's what former education secretary and drug czar Bill Bennett did last Wednesday on his radio show . When a caller suggested that legal abortions had depleted the tax base for Social Security, Bennett counseled against such utilitarian arguments. I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you couldif that were your sole purposeyou could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down, ... That would be an impossible, ridiculous, and morally reprehensible thing to do, but your crime rate would go down. So these far-out, these far-reaching, extensive extrapolations are, I think, tricky.

In exposition and in argument, the writer must likewise never lose his hold upon the concrete and even when he is dealing with general principles, he must furnish particular instances of their application.

Your speech, Bush, is full of lies and full of unreasonable argument,

I don't know what the deal with the dog was, but they had an argument.

You have an economy that has just turned out to be bigger than everyone thought. It's growing around 10 percent, and you have reserves growing to new record highs every month. That's providing a lot of arguments for China to move a bit quicker on the currency front.

there are pieces of the bill he Clinton doesn't like, that's why we're going to have a conference, Chairman Archer will be there, making a passionate argument. I'm sure that Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin will be there making some convoluted and complex idea that none of us will understand, but it will be an interesting negotiation, and I look forward to Bill Archer being successful. Then at the end of the day, I think the president will sign the bill.

Our argument is about our entire ideal, not just about the space within MedOne,

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.

This argument was about the merits of this base and its relevance to our national security, ... And we believe that the BRAC commission saw it that way as well.

Neither irony nor sarcasm is argument.

He was invited to make his argument, and to this economist his argument is absolutely compelling.

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

Euclid taught me that without assumptions there is no proof. Therefore, in any argument, examine the assumptions.

You object You object to doing what's right here You object to closing this so-called loophole ... it's amazing to me. They want to have an argument.

If the left wants to argue that the president needs to be weaker when it comes to protecting this country from terrorist cells, I think that's the kind of debate where we probably won't have to say a whole lot to undercut their argument.

Admitting, however, for the sake of argument, that I am prime and sole minister in this country, am I, therefore, prime and sole minister of all Europe? Am I answerable for the conduct of other countries as well as for that of my own?

I think it's important to adhere to that ... if these questions come before me, either on the court on which I know sit or if I am confirmed on the Supreme Court, ... I need to decide those questions with an open mind on the basis of the arguments presented ... and the precedence of the court.

He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.

If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled.

We are told that the possession of nuclear weapons - in some cases even the testing of these weapons - is essential for national security. But this argument can be made by other countries as well.

It's a particular risk faced by travelers coming to Florida for a vacation because they have no idea it's going to be the law of the land. If they get into a road rage argument, the other person may feel he has the right to use deadly force.

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

I think his argument would have been stronger if a lot of the information had come from him instead of different people.

We are very concerned at this point that she is being coerced not as a result of arguments and disputation and reasoned discussion, but that she is being personally attacked and coerced.

It's unfortunate, because people who were against the absentee ballot in the first place will use this to say there isn't an adequate constituency for it in the immigrant community. They will use this as an argument for not improving the process to make it more user-friendly.

that the erotic charge is very important in his writing. It really doesn't matter whether he was gay or not, which is a rather arid argument, but what's more important is that he wrote in an openly sexual way. And sex is a vital part of his romanticism.

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

My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never.

I think there is enormous understanding and tolerance for an argument from necessity, and there's willingness to retroactively forgive what might strictly speaking be violations of the law.

There have been a lot of justifications for attacking Iraq. Most of them have turned out not to be true, ... The argument is Did the capture of Saddam Hussein and the attack on Iraq make us safer I said no during the campaign. I think it's very clear that the answer is no.

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Americans react very positively to the fairness or equal-time kind of argument.

That just makes the show exciting and more passionate. We tend to vent our energy onstage when we have an argument. It's a lot easier and more natural. We've learned to keep our anger in until the show.