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To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
-Thomas Paine
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Thomas Paine
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
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To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.
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The claim is also sometimes made that science is as arbitrary or irrational as all other claims to knowledge, or that reason itself is an illusion. as ethan allen said those who invalidate reason ought seriously to consider whether they argue against reason with or without reason; if with reason, then they establish the principle that they are labouring to dethrone. if they argue without reason, which they must do, in order to be consistent with themselves, they are out of reach of rational conviction, nor do they deserve a rational argument.
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It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead.
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You're english," he said. "and i will therefore make certain allowances for you. i realize you don't understand you shouldn't argue with me, and so i'll explain it to you. don't argue with me." incredulous, she said, "that's it? 'don't argue with me' is your explanation as to why i shouldn't argue with you?
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To show you how radical i am, i want carjackers dead. i want rapists dead. i want burglars dead. i want child molesters dead. i want the bad guys dead. no court case. no parole. no early release. i want 'em dead. get a gun and when they attack you, shoot 'em.
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The necessary consequence of man's right to life is his right to self-defense. in a civilized society, force may be used only in retaliation and only against those who initiate its use. all the reasons which make the initiation of physical force an evil, make the retaliatory use of physical force a moral imperative. if some "pacifist" society renounced the retaliatory use of force, it would be left helplessly at the mercy of the first thug who decided to be immoral. such a society would achieve the opposite of its intention: instead of abolishing evil, it would encourage and reward it.
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