much to be said (for)
Used to assert the defensibility or advisability of what follows.
There is much to be said for a policy of caution.
There is much to be said for failure. It is much more interesting than success. Max Beerbohm
There is much to be said for post-menopausal celibacy. Sex is rough on loners because you have to have somebody else around, but now I don't. No more diets to stay slim and desirable: I've had sex and I've had food, and I'd rather eat. Florence King
Ethan is annoyed with all of these dumb campaigns that indoctrinate millions of people into thinking they're tough-guy free spirits when, in fact, there's probably much to be said for following and, in any event, the food chain isn't structured to encompass millions of non-followers. Douglas Coupland
"Everything" is a subject on which there is not much to be said. C. S. Lewis
Death has this much to be said for it: You don't have to get out of bed for it. Wherever you happen to be They bring it to you-free. Kingsley Amis
I have never thought there was much to be said in favor of dragging on long after all one's friends were dead. Murasaki Shikibu