“Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.”
Baltasar Gracian
“Competitive debate builds confidence, improves academic achievement, and develops leadership skills. The Houston Urban Debate League is bringing competitive debate into more high schools across the city, and that is great news for our schools and for our community. With the HUDL leading the charge, Great Debaters will develop and thrive throughout Houston.”
Harvin Moore
“Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.”
Katharine Hepburn
“I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.”
Margaret Thatcher
“He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument”
Chinese Proverbs
“He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.”
Joseph Conrad
“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.”
Colin Powell
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