Wolfgang Schauble Quotes

I'm such a chronic relativist, I can't hold down a strong opinion about many things long enough.

A liberal is someone who is so open-minded that he won’t even take his own side in an argument.

I am not a person of opinions because I feel the counter arguments too strongly.

It is no good any longer having any opinion upon anything.

I'm part of the mushball middle. I consider 'confused' the majority position because, thankfully, most people would rather be uncertain some of the time than 100% positive all the time - even when they're wrong.

I think the biggest mistake I made was this wretched ability to see both sides of an argument.

You never agree with any one candidate 100 percent. I don't agree with myself 100 percent.

The older I get, the less I know. By that I mean the less I am sure of. I view people with strong opinions on the big stuff with distrust. I don't think we should have certain certainties on faith and politics; I think we should be open-minded.

Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has the right to be wrong in his facts.

Since opinions do not find in me a ready soil to thrust and spread their roots into, no premise shocks me, no belief hurts me, no matter how opposite to my own they may be.

We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.

If our opinions rest upon solid ground, those who attack them do not make us angry, but themselves ridiculous.

The man who sees both sides of a question is a man who sees absolutely nothing at all.

I don't like quintessential certitude.

In the minds of most men, the kingdom of opinion is divided into three territories,--the territory of yes, the territory of no, and a broad, unexplored middle ground of doubt.

The person who has no opinion will seldom be wrong.

Frankly, I’m suspicious of anyone who has a strong opinion on a complicated issue.

We all have opinions and I don't think you need to apologize for your opinions.

You may be wrong, but you may be right.

The other guys are selling certainty. Not me. I'm on the corner with doubt.

Broad-minded is just another way of saying a fellow is too lazy to form an opinion.

People are always going to have opinions, and people have a right to their opinions.

I never make my mind up about anything at all, until it's over and done with.

All people deserve respect, but not all ideas do.

The beginning of philosophy is the recognition of the conflict between opinions.