Controversy

Controversy is a state of prolonged public dispute or debate usually concerning a matter of opinion.

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• The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength to Love (1963).

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Quotes reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895).

• When men differ in any matter of belief, let them meet each other manfully.
  • Francis Wayland, p. 162.

• No great advance has ever been made in science, politics, or religion, without controversy.
  • Lyman Beecher, p. 162.

• It is humbling to mankind to contemplate men capable of grasping eternal truths, fencing and debating in trivialities, like gladiators fighting with flies.
  • Désiré Nisard, p. 162.

• Doubtless there are times when controversy becomes a necessary evil. But let us remember that it is an evil.
  • Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, p. 162.