Opposing Views Quotes

Have no respect for the authority of others, for there are always contrary authorities to be found.

There are two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other.

Do you tell me that the Bible is against our rights? Then I say that our claims do not rest upon a book written no one knows when, or by whom. Do you tell me what Paul or Peter says on the subject? Then again I reply that our claims do not rest on the opinions of any one, not even on those of Paul and Peter, ... Books and opinions, no matter from whom they came, if they are in opposition to human rights, are nothing but dead letters

When two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly half way between. It is possible for one side simply to be wrong.

Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing the other side and defending it.

I'm not entitled to have an opinion unless I can state the arguments against my position better than the people who are in opposition. I think that I am qualified to speak only when I've reached that state.

Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.

Dissent is the mark of freedom.

When truth kills truth, O devilish holy fray!

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

Also, differences of opinion can be creatively stimulating as well as frustrating.

His speech failed to rouse an enthusiastic cheer, but no one dared contradict him.

In a healthy, normal society, people can disagree with one another, even have diametrically opposing views, and this does not at all mean that they must hate one another. The Polish authorities, however, have made the division of Poles their primary task.

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.

My first March for Life was in 2010, three months after I left my job in the abortion industry as clinic director at a Planned Parenthood in Texas. It was intensely emotional, shocking in many ways, especially the outright love I saw in the faces of people who I once considered enemies.

One must dig deeply into opposing points of view in order to know whether your own position remains defensible. Iron sharpens iron.

You must force yourself to consider opposing arguments. Especially when they challenge your best loved ideas.

Once the government starts forbidding things, then someone will come around the corner saying, “I’ve got it.”

I do think there are certain times we should infringe on your freedom.

When I went on Fox News people asked me why I was going on those shows. Are you kidding? You have to go, especially to people you don't agree with.

I believe that it is a great mistake not to stand up for people, even when you differ with them, if you feel that they are trying to do things that will help our country.

Were there no contrariety of interests, nothing would be more simple and easy than to form and preserve free institutions. The right of suffrage alone would be a sufficient guarantee. It is the conflict of opposing interests which renders it the most difficult work of man.

Bob Beckel and Juan Williams are two people who I love personally. But what they say drives me absolutely nuts.

Like other revolutionaries I can thank God for the reactionaries. They clarify the issue.

No matter what side of an argument you're on, you always find some people on your side that wish you were on the other side.