“Any comprehensive doctrine, religious or secular, can be introduced into any political argument at any time, but I argue that people who do this should also present what they believe are public reasons for their argument. So their opinion is no longer just that of one particular party, but an opinion that all members of a society might reasonably agree to, not necessarily that they would agree to. What's important is that people give the kinds of reasons that can be understood and appraised apart from their particular comprehensive doctrines.” PeopleGivingShouldBelieveKindImportantReasonMightPoliticalReligiousPartyOpinionParticularMembersUnderstoodArgumentAgreeArguingDoctrineSecularComprehensiveWhat's ImportantPolitical Arguments Author:John Rawls
“The fights I fought... cost a lot --the fight for the assault-weapons ban cost 20 members their seats in Congress. The NRA is the reason the Republicans control the House.” WarReasonFightingHousePowerRepublicanCostConflictMembersWeaponsArgumentCongressSeatsAssaultBansNraAssault WeaponsAssault Weapons Ban Author:William J. Clinton
“Look. I have always rejected the argument that members of Congress cast their vote because they're Jewish or not Jewish. I didn't cast my vote as a Jewish member of Congress. I cast my vote as a member of Congress.” MembersArgumentVoteCongressCastsRejected Author:Steve Israel
“The argument that today's National Guardsmen, members of a select militia, would constitute the only persons entitled to keep and bear arms has no historical foundation.” PersonsTodayArmsBearsMembersArgumentFoundationHistoricalEntitledSelectMilitiaNational Guard Book:To Keep and Bear Arms: The Origins of an Anglo-American Right Source: To Keep and Bear Arms: The Origins of an Anglo-American Right
“If anything interferes with my inner peace, I will walk away. Arguments with family members. All that stuff. None of it matters.” IfsMatterStuffWalksMembersArgumentInner PeaceInterfereFamily Members Author:Shirley MacLaine