“So numerous indeed and so powerful are the causes which serve to give a false bias to the judgment, that we, upon many occasions, see wise and good men on the wrong as well as on the right side of questions of the first magnitude to society. This circumstance, if duly attended to, would furnish a lesson of moderation to those who are ever so much persuaded of their being in the right in any controversy.” — Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 1, Independent Journal (1787-10-27)
“’Change’ is scientific, ‘progress’ is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy.” — Bertrand Russell, Philosophy and Politics
“When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.” — William Hazlitt
“When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.” — William Hazlitt, “On The Spirit of Controversy,” The Atlas (30 January 1830)
“Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way, — and the fools know it.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
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