“I say, If everybody in this house lives where it's God first, friends and family second and you third, we won't ever have an argument.” IfsFirstsHomeHouseArgumentThirdsFamily And FriendsSecond ChanceGod First Author:Jeff Foxworthy
“Some conservatives have expressed outrage that the views of professors are at odds with the views of students, as if ideas were entitled to be represented in proportion to their popularity and students were entitled to professors who share their political or social values. One of the more important functions of college that it exposes young people to ideas and arguments they have not encountered at home is redefined as a problem.” PeopleIfsImportantIdeasProblemHomeYoungPoliticalValuesSocialViewsShareStudentsCollegeArgumentFunctionProportionProfessorsOddsPopularityEntitledOutrageSocial Values Author:Ellen Willis
“The New York Times columnist, Thomas Friedman, cited Haqqani to make the argument that Guantánamo must be shut down. He wrote:“Husain Haqqani, a thoughtful Pakistani scholar now teaching at Boston University, remarked to me: 'When people like myself say American values must be emulated and America is a bastion of freedom, we get Guantánamo Bay thrown in our faces. When we talk about the America of Jefferson and Hamilton, people back home say to us: 'That is not the America we are dealing with. We are dealing with the America of imprisonment without trial.'” PeopleHomeAmericaFacesValuesTeachingNew YorkArgumentUniversityTrialsThoughtfulThrownScholarBostonNew York TimesBack HomeImprisonmentColumnistsHamiltonAmerican ValuesBoston University Author:Husain Haqqani
“Metaphor is no argument, though it be sometimes the gunpowder to drive one home, and imbed it in the memory.” SometimesHomeMemoriesArgumentMetaphorGunpowder Book:Essays, English and American Source: Essays, English and American