The most controversial passages in the book - those about Bloom's private life - are surprisingly vague.

Any potentially controversial passage in the encyclopedia is, he said, clearly identified so.

These passages are typically presented out of context, so as to render the passage (possibly) more controversial or humorous than it actually was.

In another controversial passage, he compares the ethical questions raised by collateral damage and judicial torture during war.

In a controversial passage Reeves likened the monarchy to a tree:

In a famous and controversial passage, Friedman writes that:

Lih also says that "even if we examine the controversial passages in What is to be Done?

The most controversial passage of the proclamation, and the one with the greatest political consequences, was the following:

When they edited the book, they took out some of the most controversial passages.

The controversial passages of the booklet had been based on Profesor Hilliard's research.