“these are the days when men... seek the comfortable and the accepted; when the man of controversy is looked upon as a disturbing influence; when originality is taken to be a mark of instability; and when, in minor modification of the scriptural parable, the bland lead the bland.”
John Kenneth Galbraith
“I was born to be the man that's not scared to bring up the controversial topic you think about but never say.”
Dedrick D. L. Pitter
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
“Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it”
Oliver Wendell Holmes
“When men understand what each other mean, they see, for the most part, that controversy is either superfluous or hopeless”
John Henry Newman
“A man must be a born fool who voluntarily engages in controversy with Mr. Adams on a question of fact. I doubt whether he was ever mistaken in his life.”
Henry Clay
“[Omega Man and his creator have met with their share of controversy.] People criticize me a lot, ... They say, 'Why do you deal with guns, gang violence, racism in your comic books?' Well, kids nowadays have to deal with that.”
Alonzo Washington
