The clenching proof of my reasoning is that I will cut anyone who argues further into dogmeat

Proof will include truth, but it will not present the full picture. We have a limitless field of evidence from the wars, but we are not inquiring like scientists; we are asked to extract from it.

When thought is too weak to be simply expressed, it's clear proof that it should be rejected

When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it is a proof that it should be rejected.

There will be no proof that I ever was a writer

The relationship between these parties is at the very best tumultuous. … You will see that the proof in this case, as far as reaching an unreasonable doubt, is not even close.