<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Ideas can become territory. People guard their... > Ideas can become territory. People guard their beliefs the way nations guard borders, and when someone crosses that line, they respond with defense rather than curiosity. Much of the hostility in public life is intellectual territoriality wearing the costume of principle. **Source:** [[livestreams/Argumentation as Discovery, Not Conflict - Workbook|Argumentation as Discovery, Not Conflict]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Ideas can become territory. People guard their beliefs the way nations guard borders, and when someone crosses that line, they respond with defense rather than curiosity. Much of the hostility in public life is intellectual territoriality wearing the costume of principle.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-ideas-become-territory-wearing-costume-principle ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->