The Department of Justice is committed to asking one central question of everything we do: What is the right thing to do?… — Janet Reno Copy Share Image
Until the courts put a stop to it, public debate over same-sex marriage displayed American democracy at its best. Individuals on both… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
Libertarian presidential candidate André Marrou's idea is that "government power is opposed to individual liberty." Must we still debate such sophomoric notions?...… — George Will Copy Share Image
Earlier feminists were almost universally pro-choice and have dominated political debate until now. Having access to abortion was viewed as the only… — Kathleen Parker Copy Share Image
There was one point in high school actually when I was on the chess team, marching band, model United Nations and debate… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
I will attack ideas very hard. I am not shy about that one bit. So I don't want people to think that… — Dan Crenshaw Copy Share Image
Concerns about the size and role of government are what seem to leave reformers stammering and speechless in town-hall meetings. The right… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
But if you look at the big scheme of things, I have never failed, regardless of anything I have had to go… — Terrell Owens Copy Share Image
I think it is a good challenge when you have different balls in different countries. Naturally, it is a bit of skill… — Mitchell Starc Copy Share Image
“...it's technically impossible for a woman to argue against feminism. Without feminism you wouldn't be allowed to have a debate on a… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
The way Americans most understand the history of Latinos in this country, a lot of it is being told now through the… — Ken Salazar Copy Share Image
When George W. Bush hit the campaign trail in 2000, the precious possession he brought with him from home was his personal… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
We are losing sight of civility in government and politics. Debate and dialogue is taking a back seat to the politics of… — James McGreevey Copy Share Image
The essence of liberalism is negotiation, a cautious half measure, in the hope that the definitive dispute, the decisive bloody battle, can… — Carl Schmitt Copy Share Image
No man - prince, peasant, pope - has all the light, who says else is a mountebank. I claim no private lien… — Morris West Copy Share Image
If you're also in the arena and you're putting your ideas out and you're owning them and you're saying "I disagree with… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
No matter what the president or anyone tried to do on health care, they never got the headlines, because the Gulf oil… — Bart Stupak Copy Share Image
My favorite forgotten President in American history is James Buchanan, who in defending really robust and sharp-elbowed debates said, "I like the… — Jeff Sharlet Copy Share Image
The debate can be put in the form of the question: Resolved, that the best of money managers cannot be demonstrated to… — Paul Samuelson Copy Share Image
Throughout chess history, great debates have raged about the pros and cons of hanging pawns. The debates are nonsense; the answer is… — Yasser Seirawan Copy Share Image
Multiculturalism is a campaign to lower America's moral status by defining the American experience is terms of myriad repressionsand their victims. By… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
By the time Obama came into office, Washington had already agreed over a period of a few weeks to a $700 billion… — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
In many ways the culmination of [Judith Butler's] thinking to date, 'Parting Ways' will confirm Butler's place at the forefront of debate… — Jacqueline Rose Copy Share Image
I encourage all my colleagues to run for office themselves. But it has become extremely difficult in this system to become a… — Alexei Navalny Copy Share Image
I believe that the freedom of speech should be protected, but so should a family's right to privacy as they grieve their… — Dave Reichert Copy Share Image
I've had experiences in my life that leave no doubt in my mind about the fact that God exists. I'm quite willing… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
One of the most surreal moments in this election was after the third debate, when I heard a talking head say, Al… — Bradley Whitford Copy Share Image
Parliament has become so undermined it is almost unable to do the job that people expect of it. A glaring example is… — Sheila Fraser Copy Share Image
Let there be no mistake, Sen Sanders, his campaign and the vigorous debate that we've had about how to raise incomes, how… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Our nation must defend the sanctity of marriage. The outcome of this debate is important-and so is the way we conduct it.… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Our audience holds us to an incredibly high standard of continuity and emotional authenticity. We don't toy with that, but oftentimes we… — Jeff Pinkner Copy Share Image
The Chinese people have been forced to forget the Tiananmen massacre. There has been no public debate about the event, no official… — Ma Jian Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, public debates do not have much room for subtlety. The audience wants a quick thrust at your opponent, not a slow… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
I don't do anything that would ever come across as advice or suggestion, but it's just part of a debate. Like, "I… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
Very often, when you get into a conversation that's more of a debate, you'll pick up that the other person is venting… — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
In debates between anarchists and statists, the burden of proof clearly should rest on those who place their trust in the state.… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
It is important that the decorum and dignity of the House is upheld at all times. The image of Parliament in the… — Pratibha Patil Copy Share Image
The spring of 1942 was given over to a very impassioned, strategic debate about where we should first attack in counterpunching against… — Rick Atkinson Copy Share Image
I think there is a debate in the arts about, you know, whether we must strive for art for art's sake, and… — Sarah Jones Copy Share Image
I am incrementally a pessimist, but I see the international debate that Edward Snowden has engendered, and I think this is exactly… — Adam Savage Copy Share Image