peaceful discourse Quotes

Speech, not violence, is how we will bridge the divides between us.

Why would anybody be intimidated by mere words? I mean, neither I nor any other athiest that I know ever threatens violence. We never threaten to fly planes into skyscrapers. We never threaten suicide bombs. We are very gentle people. All we do is use words to talk about things like the cosmos, the origin of the universe, evolution, the origin of life. What's there to be frightened of? It's just an opinion.

Less glory is more liberty. When the drum is silent, reason sometimes speaks.

The war of ideas is a Greek invention. It is one of the most important inventions ever made. Indeed, the possibility of fighting with with words and ideas instead of fighting with swords is the very basis of our civilization, and especially of all its legal and parliamentary institutions.

A gun is not an argument.

In art, religion, and politics the respect must be mutual, no matter how violent the disagreement.

Imagine the wars we would've avoided if prior generations had a website where they could debate tragedy and politics in terse sentences?

Let the massacres remind us to turn down our political volume and venom.

I like the debate, but I don't really like the fight. I don't like being in the ring. I'm not competitive.