Debate Quotes · Page 15

To effectively debate ideas and discuss complicated issues takes time.

— Margaret Hoover

Michael Jackson fundamentally altered the terms of the debate about African American music.

— Michael Eric Dyson

“Political debate: when charlatans come together to discuss their principles.”

— Bauvard

“All religions are man-made; God has not yet revealed himself beyond doubt to anybody.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

Exploitation. Now, there's a word that has been scrubbed out of the poverty debate.

— Matthew Desmond

I think of fans like a barbershop. I want that debate.

— Pitbull

The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months.

— Jessica Savitch

Your answer holds no whatsoever colour in this painting

— Julia Nkandi

We can debate this or that aspect of climate change, but the reality is that most people now accept our climate is…

— Tony Blair

The word 'tolerance' once meant we all have the right to argue rationally for our deepest convictions in the public arena. Now…

— Nancy Pearcey

Indeed one's faith in one's plans and methods is truly tested when the horizon before one is the blackest.

— Mahatma Gandhi

As a pastor I understand the power and the possibility of coming together with those with whom we disagree; to have a…

— Raphael Warnock

I can't ever remember sitting around and saying, 'gosh let's hurry up and get these debates going, that'll win it for me.'…

— George H. W. Bush

Godwin's law states that the longer any online debate goes on, the likelier it is that someone will play the Nazi card.…

— Anonymous

The American way is to criticize and debate openly, not to accept unthinkingly the doings of government officials of this or any…

— Michael Parenti

If I'm going to feel estranged and alienated and away from home I don't want anyone interrupting it to debate which berries…

— Rick Moody

“When I find that stubbornness continually overrides common sense regardless of the logic of my argument, it seems that the only effective…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

It is important to allow a broad debate on energy and climate. We must urgently explore realistic ways to address the different…

— Lennart Bengtsson

Thanks to the European Union, Ireland has a much more open climate of discussion and debate, as you can see in the…

— Mary Robinson

When you start talking about same-sex marriage, you start talking about abortion, and I think those issues are very very important and…

— T. D. Jakes

There's no question that resting meat helps it to retain juices, though the exact degree to which it does so is up…

— J. Kenji Lopez-Alt

We have several million Muslims in France who are mostly moderates or non-practicing. If they feel that it is the only subject…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

You don't want to talk about the fact that Hillary Clinton defended a rapist successfully, and I want everybody to remember the…

— Kellyanne Conway

I like to be a little more difficult to nail down that that just inside myself, but when someone's motivations, even if…

— Robert Downey, Jr

The G20 was established as a forum to discuss, first and foremost, world economic issues. If we load it with... Of course,…

— Vladimir Putin

“Some readers may find it a curious or even unscientific endeavour to craft a criminological model of organised abuse based on the…

— Michael Salter

For all the noise and anger that too often surrounds the immigration debate, America has nothing to fear from today's immigrants. They…

— Barack Obama

Alas, how can the poor souls live in Concord when you preachers sow amongst them in your sermons debate and discord? They…

— Henry VIII of England

As long as we cling to the superstition that we must look to government for money supply, instead of requiring it to…

— E.C. Riegel

But on the other hand, in discussion and debate concerning social issues or American foreign policy, Vietnam or the Middle East, for…

— Noam Chomsky

That there is a continuous link from humans to gorillas, with the intermediate species merely long dead, is beyond the understanding of…

— Richard Dawkins

The evening was very professionally organized, and most of the people were exceptionally polite, although it did make me a little nervous…

— Michael Shermer

If I've helped fuel the debate on loneliness in some small way, that is wonderful.

— Gail Honeyman

The smarter people I know declined to watch the most recent debate [with Donald Trump].

— Errol Morris

An actual scientist embraces debate because it sharpens their research.

— Greg Gutfeld

Disagreement produces debate but dissent produces dissension.

— Daniel J. Boorstin

I only want to debate people who are more powerful than I am.

— Tucker Carlson

He who writes the Resolved Clause, wins the debate.

— M. Stanton Evans

Wit has its place in debate; in controversy it is a legitimate weapon, offensive and defensive.

— Theodore Parker

Donald Trump is somebody who I think likes to mix it up and to have a vigorous debate.

— Barack Obama