Debate Techniques Quotes

If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.

When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler.

If you were making poetry out of convictions - trying to convince other people - you were in the territory of rhetoric, and that wasn't the territory of poetry. I think that's pretty smart. I think that it doesn't need to be altogether true, but that was my starting place.

ORATORY, n. A conspiracy between speech and action to cheat the understanding. A tyranny tempered by stenography.

I'm not good at debating - I'm much better at pontificating.

You need to go and find someone to teach you the rudiments of irrational discourse.