There are two things over which you have complete dominion, authority and control ð your mind and your mouth

There are two things over which you have complete dominion, authority and control ð your mind and your mouth

The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right.

The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right.

Well, I must be patient; there is no fettering of authority.

Well, I must be patient; there is no fettering of authority.

Nothing requires a greater effort of thought than arguments to justify the rule of non-thought.

Nothing requires a greater effort of thought than arguments to justify the rule of non-thought.

Authority intoxicates,
And makes mere sots of magistrates;
The fumes of it invade the brain,
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Authority intoxicates,
And makes mere sots of magistrates;
The fumes of it invade the brain,
And make men giddy, proud, and vain.

Shall remain!
Hear you this Triton of the minnows? Mark you
His absolute 'shall'?

Shall remain!
Hear you this Triton of the minnows? Mark you
His absolute 'shall'?

Debate is the death of conversation.

Debate is the death of conversation.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.