“Give no answer to contentious arguments or irresponsible accusations.”

“The God excuse, the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument.”

“Your arguments are overwhelming. You’re obviously right — and the answer is No.”

“Any church that imprisons a man because he has used an argument against its creed, will simply convince the world that it cannot answer the argument.”

“The one thing we can say is that if Socrates really expected to get a definitive answer to his question, 'What is justice?' when talking to his friends on their way back to the Piraeus, he has been disappointed. It remains a contentious and disputed subject.”

“Arguments cannot be answered by personal abuse; there is no logic in slander, and falsehood, in the long run, defeats itself.”

“I don't like your tone," was Violet's standard answer when one of her children was winning an argument.”

“If you can not answer a man's argument, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.”

“Arguments can always be answered. Moral philosophy, unlike straight moralizing, arises from and trives on plurality of values.”

“God himself does not give answers. He gives himself.”