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The comparison between what they said about guns makes it interesting. Quoting founding father is a also a great way to win debates.

"Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one." -Benjamin Franklin
Use with arguements about: Patriot Act, airport security

"Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government" -James Madison
"The government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion" -George Washington
"If the obstacles of bigotry and priestcraft can be surmounted, we may hope that common sense will suffice to do everything else" -Thomas Jefferson
Use with: seperating church and state, saying God in the pledge

"A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine." -Thomas Jefferson
"In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority" -James Madison
"The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections" -John Emerich Edward Dalberg
"The great question (about power) is who should have it" -John Locke
Uses: third parties and special interest groups

"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." -George Washington
Uses: anything with free speech conflicts

"Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself." -John Locke
Uses: explaining the basic principles of libertarianism

"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers." -Thomas Jefferson
Use: criticizing media

ohhh, I apologize, here's a page with some excellent ideas. http://www.lp.org/services/s99/kneejerk.html

I just finished reading that page. It's awesome. It's a great idea to have examples on hand, i might even clip some newspapers articles to keep with me on index cards.

I think they'd be so shocked at seeing someone who doesn't make kneejerk arguments theyd change there mind lol.
ie. bush is an oil lord
kerry is a flip flopper
third parties cant win
dolts.

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