Letitia Elizabeth Landon Quotes

I like arguments.

Argument is the worst sort of conversation.

You can tell if someone is about social intercourse or just about browbeating somebody with their opinion. It's no fun arguing with a closed-minded person.

One can always debate questions back and forth.

I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.

I don't want to make videos where people are always happy and they're agreeing. It's boring! Do something where people can talk about it.

It has been one of my difficulties, in arguing this question out of doors with friends or strangers, that I rarely find any intelligible agreement as to the object of the war.

I think difference of opinion is a good thing.

I would never say don't have an argument.

I don't want to get into an argument with somebody about how they ought to vote.

It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.

He who is silent must be agreed with, for what shall the wings of opposition thresh upon, without the winds of conversation to shoulder them.

The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.

You can see over time whether people are prepared to differ or not.

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.

Discussion in America means dissent.

I like to get people talking. I am a provocateur, and I do like getting on Twitter and riling people up. You know what, after a while some sane dialogue and sane conclusions come of that kind of thing.

Sure, I've met with people I don't agree with.

Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.

Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about.

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.

There's always merit to having a debate.

Writers should provoke disagreement.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

Scholars will argue with each other about everything.