The downright fanatic is nearer to the heart of things than the cool and slippery disputant.
- Alberto AdrianzenEven the weakest disputant is made so conceited by what he calls religion, as to think himself wiser than the wisest who think differently from him.
- Andrew LaddControversies merely speculative are of small importance in themselves, however they may have sometimes heated a disputant, or provoked a faction
- Samuel Johnson