Polemics Quotes

When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics. - Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

We want to be able to be political, but we don't want it, on a weekly basis, to be on race and politics and polemics. We want it to be a lot more fun. - John Ridley

Today is not a day for polemics. - Fausto Bertinotti

The meeting was extremely positive, was issue-oriented, there were no polemics. - Albert Rohan

People have been modeling their lives after films for years, but the medium is somehow unsuited to moral lessons, cautionary tales or polemics of any kind. - Renata Adler

It was issue-oriented, there were no polemics and this is the way we should proceed because then we can really try to discuss the various problems, the difficulties, the controversies and try to find common ground. - Albert Rohan

It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in polemics than make perfidious plans of mutual destruction. - Mikhail Gorbachev

In early church polemics, Jews are deemed no longer worthy of their own Scriptures because they have failed to accept Christ as the Messiah. - Jack Schwartz

I think that it at least puts this enormous obstacle out of the way. Now that the polemics are over everybody can finally discuss things with less emotion. - Daniele Seitz

I think it would be a genuine mistake if the focus today was on confrontation without thinking of the remarkable aspect of yesterday's meeting... Views were exchanged, problems were discussed without polemics. - Madeleine Albright