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Disputed Quotes

On doubt, debate, and truth.

These disputed quotes range from contested territory to disputed word origins, showing how disagreement often precedes real understanding, a theme shared with Age quotes.

China invaded India, and there was a war between India and China in some of the disputed terrain in 1962, and India got hurt by that.

Quotes by Wesley Clark

Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?

Walt Whitman

For us, universal values such as justice, morality and peace cannot be disputed and it is for this reason that we pursue the restoration of historical truth.

Quotes by Robert Kocharian

Football is more disputed in England than it is in Italy. Every match is a very hard match because the referee doesn't blow his whistle as much as in Italy, and every team plays against each other like it is...

Quotes by Philippe Coutinho

Against Quotes

Football is more disputed in England than it is in Italy. Every match is a very hard match because the referee doesn't blow his whistle as much as in Italy, and every team plays against each other like it is...

Quotes by Philippe Coutinho

To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed against it.

Quotes by Novalis

'Religion,' I should note, has a disputed etymology in Latin: some say it's from 'relegere,' meaning 'to reread', while others say it's from religare, meaning 'to connect' or 'link.' Literature is life's fastener.

Quotes by Joshua Cohen

They took their meals together; and it was remarked on such occasions, when the friendship of animals is put to a hard test, that they never quarrelled or disputed the possession of a favourite fruit with each other.

Quotes by Henry Walter Bates

Claims of right and insistence upon obligations may depend upon treaty stipulations, or upon the rules of international law, or upon the sense of natural justice applied to the circumstances of a particular case, or upon disputed facts.

Quotes by Elihu Root

Age Quotes

As you suggested I have in the following disputed certain passages, trusting you will do me the justice either to modify the same or add a note in the new edition stating that I dispute,' etc.

Quotes by Denis Kearney

Once upon a time there was a Queen who had a son so ugly and so misshapen that it was long disputed whether he had human form. A fairy who was at his birth said, however, that he would be...

Quotes by Charles Perrault

Few in the Nineties would have ventured to prophesy that the remote dim singer of the Celtic Twilight would, in a new age, become the leading poet of the English-speaking world. None have disputed the claim of William Butler Yeats...

Quotes by Austin Clarke

It is possible to resolve childhood repression safely and without confusion - something that has always been disputed by the most respected schools of thought.

Quotes by Alice Miller

It simply cannot be disputed that for decades the Palestinian leadership was more interested in there not being a Jewish state than in there being a Palestinian state.

Quotes by Alan Dershowitz

Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of things are 'disputed' in these quotes?
A range - contested territory between nations, the disputed origin of a word in Latin, and the general idea that a truth must first be doubted before it can be tested.
Is there a quote about disputed territory?
Yes, one references a historical conflict over contested land between two nations, noting the real cost that dispute carried.
Do any quotes discuss word origins?
One does, noting that a religious term has a disputed etymology, with scholars disagreeing on whether it traces back to a word meaning 'to reread' or one meaning 'to connect.'
Is there a philosophical idea about doubt in this collection?
Yes, one quote argues that properly understanding a truth requires first having disbelieved and disputed it, rather than accepting it outright.
Where can I find more quotes about standing firm in disagreement?
Browse the Against page for more quotes on conviction and resistance.

For more on standing your ground, browse Against quotes, or see Always quotes on convictions that hold steady.