Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.

Benjamin Rush

The passionate controversies of one era are viewed as sterile preoccupations by another, for knowledge alters what we seek as well as what we find.

Freda Adler

The line, often adopted by strong men in controversy, of justifying the means by the end.

Saint Jerome

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.

William Hazlitt

That's what the controversy is all about, ... That the state wants to give it up.

Doug Harvey

Nothing about the [ports] controversy diminishes our commitment to the region.

John Dern

A civilization in which there is not a continuous controversy about important issues is on the way to totalitarianism and death.

Robert Maynard Hutchins

Any time you do anything that has to do with religion you're going to have some controversy.

Jack Kenny

Perhaps he wanted to avoid a controversy.

Arun Jaitley

If there was one thing I could see put behind us right now, it is the controversy at the housing authority.

Robert Barnett

It doesn't make sense to see international condemnation if you can't, as a reader, see the very fundamentals of the controversy.

Acton Gorton

Hopefully the controversy that's been surrounding that will stay in 2005.

Dennis Andrews

When you get a close game, you don't want controversy. I'm very confident in our officials.

Jerry Bovee

It was designed to avoid any funding controversy.

Kyle Cavanaugh

It's a manufactured controversy and I won't participate.

Dick Advocaat

He touched off a major controversy.

David Wolfe

Our goal is to get past this controversy.

George Cooper

I am a shocker. I like to create controversy. It's my trademark.

Brenda Fassie

That was 31/2 years ago, and the controversy has only increased over time.

Craig Williams

[E.M.M.'s contract] has been renewed every year without controversy.

Chris Welch

We have a controversy where people want to bury everything.

La'akea Suganuma

We just don't want to cause any controversy.

Andy Curtin

Even when you strike out, you're in the middle of controversy.

Doug Mientkiewicz

No short cut method should be taken to settle the controversy.

Gurudas Dasgupta

Obviously, any controversy in the marketplace causes companies to pause and reevaluate.

James Hodges

I think he's not going to do anything, ... The media is making the controversy here.

Fred Durst

They probably wouldn't have done as well as they did. Controversy simply brought in so much extra business.

Gitesh Pandya

Bunny and Dan Burke are saddened by this controversy.

William Troubh

Through his actions and behaviors, Congressman Condit has brought controversy and discredit to his family, his district and the Congress.

Charles Stenholm

Virtually all evidence produces controversy. If it matters, it produces controversy.

Jay Greene

But there's no ethical, social or political controversy.

Adam Katz

To avoid the controversy, to avoid the litigation and to avoid the adverse publicity that comes to this city.

Roland Blossom

There's no controversy there. We're hoping to get it back on the docket as soon as possible.

Stephanie Childs

This was meant to be and it was meant to come here at this time when there is so much controversy about Hawaiian artifacts.

La'akea Suganuma