Debate Quotes · Page 16

Debate is angular, conversation circular and radiant of the underlying unity.

— Amos Bronson Alcott

Those at too great a distance may, I am well are, mistake ignorance for perspective.

— Carl Sagan

Ive never backed down from a fight and I relish a good debate.

— Olympia Snowe

My first debate in high school--"Resolved: Girls are no good"--and I won!

— Donald Freed

If you don't accept there is a problem, then it is hard to debate things.

— Johann Lamont

Any debate among politicians about monetary policy is counterproductive.

— Gerhard Schroder

I have never, ever, as God is my witness, contrived a single debate in a single show.

— Skip Bayless

Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture.

— Ibrahim Babangida

“Does giving your piece of mind, bring a peace of mind? Or is it better to be silent and let the war…

— Anthony Liccione

The right is absolute ... government has no authority to forbid me from owning a firearm ... the debate is not about…

— Tom McClintock

We now have an opportunity, though, to do something we didn't do in the industrial age, and that is to get a…

— Jeremy Rifkin

When a politician says the debate is over, you can be sure of two things; the debate is raging; and he's losing…

— George Will

Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time, but it does require us…

— Barack Obama

Question Time' is a nice forum for reasoned political debate. There's no point having me on there trying to crack jokes.

— Russell Howard

In a film, you have to externalize things that are internal and of course it becomes a debate about to what extent…

— Chris Terrio

Britain's end-of-life and palliative care services are a national travesty. That a public debate on this crisis is so sorely lacking has…

— Owen Jones

As soon as one point is removed from the sphere of dogmatic certainty, the discussion may not simply result in a new…

— Adolf Hitler

Sometimes in this whole Medicare prescription drug debate, we focus on the prescription drug benefit, and I am glad we do because…

— John Shimkus

Ultimately if you're a journalist, one day you're writing about figure skating, one day a political debate. I loved that about reporting.…

— Jess Walter

The best way to create and bring dependent voters in is to bring people that don't have much education and therefore do…

— Rush Limbaugh

I have no doubt that if an actual ticking bomb situation were to arise, our law enforcement authorities would torture. The real…

— Alan Dershowitz

If you read social media, you can see how immigration is such a hot-button debate and [a hotbed] of ignorance. You know…

— George Lopez

Democracy is not about trust; it is about distrust. It is about accountability, exposure, open debate, critical challenge, and popular input and…

— Michael Parenti

Together, these advocates create a pro-Israeli case so compelling that the idea and reality of Israel has worked itself deep into American…

— Aaron David Miller

There are a bunch of different movies I feel that way about. However, there is a debate because as you may know…

— Baron Vaughn

I want to see us to explore outer space. But I want to do it safely, without the loss of human life,…

— Michio Kaku

Disagreement produces debate but dissent produces dissension. Dissent (which come from the Latin, dis and sentire) means originally to feel apart from…

— Daniel J. Boorstin

“Look, Aerin, preparation is only half the challenge of winning a debate.” “And the other half?” He had her now. “You have…

— Anne Osterlund

I think artists are going to express things from an emotional point of view, that's their job, to suggest and interpret, and…

— Maynard James Keenan

People have tried all kinds of ways to fix things, like electing Obama and having a debate about decreasing the power of…

— Kalle Lasn

We are all "conservatives" in some sense, because we want to "conserve" some things while changing others. We are all "liberals" because…

— Stratford Caldecott

“There is a presumption in favor of every existing institution. Many of these (we will suppose the majority) may be susceptible of…

— David Potter

“Democracy thrived on a clash of ideas, a tolerance of viewpoints, and robust debate.”

— Steve Berry

See that's a goal that I think it's very good in the debate to find out who the person is.

— Geraldine Ferraro

I've done some moderating in the past at CBSSports.com. Certainly not in the debate format.

— Joy Taylor

American power in the world relies on these ideals of openness and critical debate.

— Joseph Nye

Scientifically, there's no debate over whether the fetus is alive and human.

— Ron Paul

You can't debate satire. Either you get it or you don't.

— Michael Moore

Political debate is political debate and that's fine. That's healthy.

— Rachel Notley

I cannot believe that [Donald Trump] is actually in the debates.

— Bill Burr