Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
No matter what side of an argument you're on, you always find some people on your side that wish you were on the other side.
No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.
The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face.
I dislike conflict, so I do try and steer clear of arguments. Apart from with my coach. Who I literally have an argument with every day.
I decided to get to know my opponents and their arguments.
If I'm in a political argument, I think I can, with reasonable accuracy and without boasting, put the other person's side of the case at least as well as they could. One has to be able to say that in any well-conducted argument.
The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.
You can't let challenges argue you out of doing what you know is the right thing.
The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
When you let someone else win an argument, often you both end up winners.