Debate Quotes · Page 21

You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption or rejection,…

— Caleb Cushing

I generally think debates within a party should not be treated as a scandal. They should be treated as a sign of…

— David Brooks

“At times, one can win clever people over to a principle merely by presenting it in the form of an outrageous paradox.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I think if Donald Trump skipped out on a debate, for whatever reason he gave, I don't think it would help him…

— Rush Limbaugh

One needs to know what the hierarchy of values are from which one takes inspiration, and in a democratic society this is…

— Rocco Buttiglione

Glamour has been an integral part of showbiz from a longtime and the whole debate about exposing and vulgarity is blown out…

— Priyamani

“I think many people ill themselves simply to stop the debate about whether they will or they won't.”

— Susanna Kaysen

I want to make a show where we pick a handful of people who were cancelled and debate whether it was right…

— Richard Bacon

Let's leave behind the predictable and stale debate between liberals and conservatives. Let's take the resources that we have, and prioritize, and…

— Phil Bredesen

Dr. [Martin Luther] King led a very historic march here in Washington, D.C. It was a march for jobs and freedom. It…

— Donna Brazile

I'd pretty much debate anybody. I prefer to debate smart liberals. I'm not saying this about Stephen Colbert but, unfortunately, the most…

— Ann Coulter

Everyone one-on-one will be completely honest about the music that they listen to. But then you get into a group situation, and…

— Corey Taylor

In America, we've been around for 240 years. We've had free and fair elections. We've accepted the outcomes when we may not…

— Hillary Clinton

I actually think the debate is a good idea because if internationally somehow we can bring home to Americans that their decision…

— Kit Malthouse

I can officially state that my government and myself believe that all over Europe we need to open a debate on the…

— George Papandreou

You can't be a great mum and work the whole time necessarily; those two things aren't ideal. We have an awful lot…

— Emma Thompson

In Quebec, in spite of police violence and threats, thousands of students demonstrated for months against a former right-wing government that wanted…

— Henry Giroux

But I think the American people expect more from us than cries of indignation and attack. The times are too grave, the…

— John F. Kennedy

In the course of a healthy debate, we prioritize different goals, and the different means of reaching them. But without some common…

— Barack Obama

I always got a bit pissed off with those broadsheet sceptics who make their living being passionately angry about homeopathy, God, synchronicity…

— Scarlett Thomas

“Christian writers, whether they like it or not, do not simply write for themselves; for good or ill, readers will see their…

— Alan Jacobs

The main point in our report was to recommend decriminalization...because of the way laws are applied, which have not worked. We have…

— Kofi Annan

For three decades, Senator Arlen Specter served the people of Pennsylvania with independence, toughness, determination and an unflinching devotion to the best…

— Nancy Pelosi

Except during my childhood, when I was probably influenced by Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel depiction of God with a flowing white beard, I…

— Jimmy Carter

Judaism is not a dogmatic religion but one which loves debate, in which scholarship has played a big part. Scholars never agree…

— Theodore Zeldin

Media runs the world, and it all changed, I think, when the debate between Kennedy and Nixon happened, and first of all…

— Dylan McDermott

I've learned that sometimes when people don't like what you have to say, and don't want to debate you on ideas, it's…

— Gretchen Carlson

How you frame a debate is very important. When you call someone an 'illegal alien,' you've already stacked the deck against them.

— Erik Larson

I care not to debate which came first, Islamism or anti-Muslim bigotry; suffice to say that both feed into each other symbiotically.

— Maajid Nawaz

I saw, he was in a different league on a different planet. Everybody says we need substance in these debates, you've got…

— Rush Limbaugh

Ah, yes, my social life — a series of encounters where we briefly debate who is in the greater rush.

— Robert Breault

I've never seen a constructive Social Security debate that started with one side digging in, in one place and another side digging…

— Anonymous

I believe that politicians have a public trust to further debates about important issues. I firmly believe that every public debate holds…

— Geert Wilders

Get every candidate to wear a NASCAR racing suit when they go debate; this way we can see how their sponsors really…

— Jesse Ventura

There is a heated debate in Turkey these days over whether the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is furthering democracy…

— Mustafa Akyol

I make it a policy every election to only debate once, Democrats and Progressives. And I will say that the way that…

— Matt Shea

I have a long history of defending, and promoting, free speech and open debate - especially (especially!) within Muslim communities.

— Mehdi Hasan

Get what you can with words, because words are free, but the words of an armed man ring that much sweeter.

— Joe Abercrombie

We have allowed the sexual debate to be defined by women, and that's not right. Men must speak, and speak in their…

— Camille

John Kennedy won the first televised presidential debate among those watching it, while Richard Nixon won among those listening on the radio.

— Susan Estrich