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Classical antiquity1 quote
The partisan, when he is engaged in a dispute, cares nothing about the rights of the question, but is anxious only to convince his hearers of his own assertions. — Socrates · 360 BCColonial America1 quote
Here comes the orator! with his flood of words, and his drop of reason. — Benjamin Franklin · 1735