“What use was it to argue with a little idiot like this? Indeed, peasants never do argue; they use abuse.”
Source: Two Little Wooden Shoes (1874), Chapter I
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“We do not argue with those who disagree with us, we destroy them.”
The Lazio Speeches (1936), as quoted in The Book of Italian Wisdom by Antonio Santi, Citadel Press, 2003. p. 88.
1930s
“I argue with lots of things, but I do not argue with my ears.”
Interview with rockcritics.com http://rockcriticsarchives.com/interviews/davemarsh/01.html

“There is nothing wrong with us sitting down and arguing that issue that we are a European country.”
Source: Newsday (11 November 1992). <ref> https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1991/12/09/buchanan-wont-dodge-issues-used-by-duke/b453450b-4ed9-445d-b862-a2bc4dc08993/?utm_term=.5e83276abd1b