Opposing Views

I\\’ve led a school

I’ve led a school whose faculty and students examine and discuss and debate every aspect of our law and legal system. And what I’ve learned most is that no one has a monopoly on truth or wisdom. I’ve learned that we make progress by listening to each other, across every apparent political or ideological divide. … Read more

I simply cannot accept

I simply cannot accept that there are on every story two equal and logical sides to an argument. Edward R. Murrow

I never make the

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect. Edward Gibbon

It\’s very dramatic when

It’s very dramatic when two people come together to work something out. It’s easy to take a gun and annihilate your opposition, but what is really exciting to me is to see people with differing views come together and finally respect each other. Fred Rogers

The test of a

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. F. Scott Fitzgerald

It takes a touch

It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. Albert Einstein

Toleration of people who

Toleration of people who differ in convictions and habits requires a residual awareness of the complexity of truth and the possibility of opposing view having some light on one or the other facet of a many-sided truth. Reinhold Niebuhr

I believe that one

I believe that one of the best ways of getting at truth is reflecting with others who have opposing views and who share your interest in finding the truth rather than being proven right Ray Dalio

The shepherd drives the

The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep’s for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty.
Abraham Lincoln

I’ve always felt that

I’ve always felt that a person’s intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.
Abigail Adams