No, valid argument come in all combinations of true and false conclusions except true premises and a false conclusion. That's the only possibility ruled out by the definition of valididy.

Here is a valid argument where every part of it is false.

All dogs are fish. All fish are vegetables. Thus, all dogs are vegetables.

All three statements are false. Yet the argument is very logical. If dogs were fish, and fish were vegetables then surely dogs would be vegetables.

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