Ben Domenech Quotes

I know the pundits don't agree with me.

Politics is very interesting and always leads to conflict.

Issues are a problem for politicians most of the time; the reason is that somebody won't like what you say when you start talking issues.

I don’t attack people. I attack ideas. And some very good people can have some very bad ideas.

Well honestly, I do stay away from being political, especially about Trump. It's just one of those things.

Talking to liberals is much more fun now that we have Lexis-Nexis.

It is often very illuminating...to ask yourself how you got at the facts on which you base your opinion. Who actually saw, heard, felt, counted, named the thing, about which you have an opinion?

So when someone, a veteran stands up and say, "Here are the facts on the VA." He [Donald Trump] says, "No, your facts are wrong." Turns out her facts are right and his facts are wrong.

If you form the habit of taking what someone else says about a thing without checking it out for yourself, you'll find that other people will have you hating your friends and loving your enemies.

Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing

I think the media argues all the time with itself.

Test everything, including assumptions

Believing everything she read In the daily news, (No in-between to choose) She thought that only One side won, Not that BOTH Might lose.

Isn't it odd I've made some friends in the Republican Party, but that's in spite of the fact that I cannot agree with not any one single thing they stand for. That's the irony in the joy of being a human being in that we don't resent each other for our different thought processes, but anything that offers the attitude to me of "I'm going to stop you because that offends my religion", then I'm going to stop them. So I have one more note against that ideology, and the idea of a real estate agent running the universe is just not acceptable.

I was known to spout off about [ politics and religion] sometimes, especially in my drinkin' days! It was pretty dangerous actually.

One of the chief obstacles to intelligence is credulity, and credulity could be enormously diminished by instructions as to the prevalent forms of mendacity. Credulity is a greater evil in the present day than it ever was before, because, owing to the growth of education, it is much easier than it used to be to spread misinformation, and, owing to democracy, the spread of misinformation is more important than in former times to the holders of power.

Fights over ideas are the most vicious of all. If it were merely food, or water, or shelter, we would work something out. But in the realm of ideas one can become idealistic .

Most people see no reason to stop arguing just because an issue has been decided.

I personally believe that [Donald Trump] is wrong on the condition of America.

Can one consider controversy without falling into it?

You don't have to think exactly like me. When people go, "I don't agree with everything you say," you know what, if you agree with everything anyone says, you're an idiot.

The unknowable creates the greatest controversies.

Freedom rings where opinions clash.

The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical, to demand the credentials of all statements that claim to be facts.

I think any time you take on touchy subjects, you're going to offend some people, or you're going to please others.