Karen Hughes Quotes

Rhetoric is cheap, evidence comes more dearly.

Persuasion is clearly a sort of demonstration, since we are most fully persuaded when we consider a thing to have been demonstrated.

All I have is the truth, and I've proven that.

I'm not trying to prove anything.

The truth is always the strongest argument.

When truth is on your side, you don't need support.

A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven.

Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.

The best way to win an argument is to begin by being right.

A proof tells us where to concentrate our doubts.

Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth.

Let one persuade many, and he becomes confirmed and convinced, and cares for no better evidence.

Whenever I write something, I always want to make sure that what I write is defensible.

Without facts you can't have truth.

If you believe in something, be willing to explain it.

A thing that nobody believes cannot be proved too often.

If you believe you are right, then you should believe that you can make the case that you're right. This requires you to deal with serious objections properly.

Facts are counterrevolutionary.

It's really surprising that what you put on paper, people will believe.

Convincing yourself doesn't win an argument.

Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.

He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.

The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.

You've got to get as literal as you can get to convince people sometimes that you can do something.

What convinces is conviction. Believe in the argument you're advancing. If you don't you're as good as dead. The other person will sense that something isn't there, and no chain of reasoning, no matter how logical or elegant or brilliant, will win your case for you.