Never refute an argument by a name

No one should attempt to refute an argument by pronouncing the name of some man…. It is better to give reasons and facts than names. An argument should not depend for its force upon the name of its author.

Facts need no pedigree, logic has no heraldry, and the living should not awed by the mistakes of the dead.

(Robert Ingersoll)

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2 Responses to Never refute an argument by a name

  1. Janet Greene says:

    I’ll only believe this if jesus said it ;)

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