Controversial Quotes

For myself I shall find as much pleasure in a positive destruction of my own ideology, as in a rational disagreement on a topic, which, notwithstanding many learned disquisitions is likely to remain controversial forever.

One thing I have reflected on is that when I started Facebook, the mission of connecting the world was not controversial. It was kind of as if it was a default assumption that people had - every year the world got more connected - and that seems like the direction that things were heading in.

Math-based decisions command wide agreement, whereas judgment-based decisions are rightly debated and often controversial,at least until put into practice and demonstrated.

Am I morally obligated to defend the president every time somebody says something bad or controversial about him? I don't think so!

The point is that if you are a little different, or a little outrageous, or if you do things that are bold or controversial, the press is going to write about you.

It is only the continuance of the war and the extraordinary conditions which it imposes and forces upon us all that justifies us in remaining together as a Parliament. I certainly could not take the responsibility of making far-reaching controversial changes which I am not convinced are directly needed for the war effort, without a Parliament refreshed by contact with the electorate.

The most controversial thing I've ever done is to be myself.