That truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate, errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them.
Contradict Quotes
In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of ignoring them makes the practical man.
I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop.
We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for a madman is not cured by another running mad also.
Many falsehoods are passing into uncontradicted history.
Avoid contradicting in general, especially people you love.
It may likewise contribute to soften that resentment which pride naturally raises against opposition, if we consider, that he who differs from us, does not always contradict us; he has one view of an object, and we have another; each describes what he sees with equal fidelity, and each regulates his steps by his own […]
Good morning is a contradiction of terms. (Garfield)
I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for contradictions.
The spirit of contradiction renders a man unendurable to everyone.
