I must take issue with your over what you said at the meeting.
我要和你好好谈谈你在会上说的那些话。(take issue with someone: 对某人的观点提出异议。)
but I do not turn for protection to dreary cliches about respect of elders -- as if mere age were a reason for respect.
但我不会用应当尊重长者这一套陈词滥调来为我自己辨护,似乎年长就是受人尊敬的理由。