Controversy Quotes

"Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error."
-Benjamin Rush

"The passionate controversies of one era are viewed as sterile preoccupations by another, for knowledge alters what we seek as well as what we find."
-Freda Adler

"The line, often adopted by strong men in controversy, of justifying the means by the end."
-Saint Jerome

"When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest."
-William Hazlitt

"Nothing about the [ports] controversy diminishes our commitment to the region."
-John Dern

"That's what the controversy is all about, ... That the state wants to give it up."
-Doug Harvey

"A civilization in which there is not a continuous controversy about important issues is on the way to totalitarianism and death."
-Robert Maynard Hutchins

"Any time you do anything that has to do with religion you're going to have some controversy."
-Jack Kenny

"Perhaps he wanted to avoid a controversy."
-Arun Jaitley

"When you get a close game, you don't want controversy. I'm very confident in our officials."
-Jerry Bovee

"It was designed to avoid any funding controversy."
-Kyle Cavanaugh

"It's a manufactured controversy and I won't participate."
-Dick Advocaat

"If there was one thing I could see put behind us right now, it is the controversy at the housing authority."
-Robert Barnett

"He touched off a major controversy."
-David Wolfe

"Our goal is to get past this controversy."
-George Cooper

"Hopefully the controversy that's been surrounding that will stay in 2005."
-Dennis Andrews

"[E.M.M.'s contract] has been renewed every year without controversy."
-Chris Welch

"That was 31/2 years ago, and the controversy has only increased over time."
-Craig Williams

"Even when you strike out, you're in the middle of controversy."
-Doug Mientkiewicz

"No short cut method should be taken to settle the controversy."
-Gurudas Dasgupta

"We have a controversy where people want to bury everything."
-La'akea Suganuma

"I am a shocker. I like to create controversy. It's my trademark."
-Brenda Fassie

"Obviously, any controversy in the marketplace causes companies to pause and reevaluate."
-James Hodges

"I think he's not going to do anything, ... The media is making the controversy here."
-Fred Durst

"Bunny and Dan Burke are saddened by this controversy."
-William Troubh

"Through his actions and behaviors, Congressman Condit has brought controversy and discredit to his family, his district and the Congress."
-Charles Stenholm

"Virtually all evidence produces controversy. If it matters, it produces controversy."
-Jay Greene

"They probably wouldn't have done as well as they did. Controversy simply brought in so much extra business."
-Gitesh Pandya