Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions.
- Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) US writer

We may not understand how the Spirit works; but the effect of the Spirit on the lives of men is there for all to see; and the only unanswerable argument for Christianity is a Christian life. No man can disregard a religion and a faith and a power which is able to make bad men good.
- William Barclay

The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender.
- Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman Supreme Court justice

There’s nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.
- Rose Kennedy (1890-1995), American author and Kennedy family matriarch

After a heated argument on some trivial matter Nancy [Astor] . shouted, ‘If I were your wife I would put poison in your coffee!’ Whereupon Winston [Churchill] answered, ‘And if I were your husband I would drink it.’
- John Fellows Akers

I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don’t even invite me.
- Dave Barry (American Humorist)

The weaker the argument, the stronger the words.
- American Proverb

Tact is the rare ability to keep silent while two friends are arguing, and you know both of them are wrong.
- Hugh Allen

The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.
- Joseph Joubert

A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
- Milton Friedman(1912- ) US economist