Argues Quotes
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But the censorship itself admits that it is not an end in itself, that it is not a good in and of itself, that it is therefore based on the principle that “the end sanctifies the means.” But an end that needs unholy means is not a holy end.81 Besides, Marx argues, the maxim always works both ways as a justification: if the censorship can plead the goodness of its ends as justification for what it does, then so can the (antigovernmental) press.
Hal Draper
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Not to know of what things one should demand demonstration, and of what one should not, argues want of education.
Aristotle
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The motion picture is like journalism in that, more than any of the other arts, it confers celebrity. Not just on people - on acts, and objects, and places, and ways of life. The camera brings a kind of stardom to them all. I therefore doubt that film can ever argue effectively against its own material: that a genuine antiwar film, say, can be made on the basis of even the ugliest battle scenes ... No matter what filmmakers intend, film always argues yes.
Renata Adler
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Not content with covering one divisive subject today, I've also done a piece about Boris Johnson. It's not blind to his flaws but argues for a bit more nuance in how we see him...
Andrew Gilligan
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What is more simple than to believe in God? Its very simplicity argues the case.
James Cook
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Lord Rees-Mogg argues that the time for reconciliation in Tibet is passing with the looming departure of its spiritual leader.
William Rees-Mogg
