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The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it. ↗

— Andre Maurois

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When blithe to argument I come, Though armed with facts, and merry, May Providence protect me from The fool as adversary, Whose mind to him a kingdom is Where reason lacks dominion, Who calls conviction prejudice And prejudice opinion. ↗

— Phyllis McGinley

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The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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I've chosen my wedding ring large and heavy to continue forever. But exactly because of that all the time that Dave and I have an argument I feel it like handcuffs, and on anger time I throw it in a basket. Poor Dave, he bought me three wedding rings already! ↗

— Carmen Miranda

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My argument is that charity does indeed start at home, but it doesn't stop there. ↗

— Andrew Mitchell

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At the conclusion of my argument I received very high compliments from the Chief Justice and later from other of the Judges. What they said I do not care to repeat. ↗

— William Henry Moody

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Those who say that the West and Islam are eternally irreconcilable have more in common with the Islam extremists than they might like to think, for it's the very same argument of course advanced by Al-Qaida. And they do have it wrong. We need to work with mainstream Islam. ↗

— Pauline Neville-Jones

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