Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get them, get them right, or they will get you wrong.

If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell

Argue like you’re right and listen like you’re wrong.

Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.

Philosophieren ist: falsche Argumente zurückweisen.

People make a grievous error thinking that a list of facts is the truth. Facts are just the bare bones out of which truth is made.

A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures.

You cannot do statistics without logic. Otherwise you become a data fraud, or, worse, an economist.

If a person makes a statement that you think is wrong — yes, even that you know is wrong — isn’t it better to begin by saying: “Well, now, look. I thought otherwise, but I may be wrong. I frequently am. And if I am wrong, I want to be put right. Let’s examine the facts.” There’s magic, positive magic, in such phrases as: “I may be wrong. I frequently am. Let’s examine the facts.

Facts are stupid things.

Those who invalidate reason ought seriously to consider whether they argue against reason with or without reason; if with reason, then they establish the principle that they are laboring to dethrone: but if they argue without reason (which, in order to be consistent with themselves they must do), they are out of reach of rational conviction, nor do they deserve a rational argument.

The facts at hand presumably speak for themselves, but a trifle more vulgarly, I suspect, than facts even usually do.

If you think that moral reasoning is something we do to figure out the truth, you’ll be constantly frustrated by how foolish, biased, and illogical people become when they disagree with you.

Those who invalidate reason, ought seriously to consider, 'whether they argue against reason, with or without reason; if with reason, then they establish the principle, that they are laboring to dethrone;' but if they argue without reason, (which, in order to be consistent with themselves, they must do,) they are out of the reach of rational conviction, nor do they deserve a rational argument.