Quotes about Debate

If I agreed with you we'd both be wrong.

The chicken came first — God would look silly sitting on an egg.

Answer a fool according to his folly.

A single fact can spoil a good argument.

Freedom of speech wasn't won by being nice, it has been won by struggle with religion.

Never attempt to reason with people who know they are right!

I've had experiences in my life that leave no doubt in my mind about the fact that God exists. I'm quite willing to debate people who don't think so because I want them to explain to me how did our solar system get so organized and how is the universe so complex and yet well-organized that we can predict 70 years hence when a comet is coming?

Let's face it. Our ass is in a crack. We're gonna have to let this nigger bill pass. [Said to Senator John Stennis (D-MS) during debate on the Civil Rights Act of 1957]

Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.

Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.

here I was, eager for Learning and intellectual companionship—maybe even a disputation or two.

They who strive to build up a firm faith in Scripture through disputation are doing things backwards.