Debate Quotes · Page 18

I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.

— Anonymous

When you get back control of your country, you get proper democracy. You get back proper debate.

— Nigel Farage

The purpose of debates is to explore issues, not end them.

— David Gemmell

Political debate is more interested in manipulating the truth, than finding the truth.

— George Soros

There is an ongoing debate about the reform of the U.N. system.

— Joschka Fischer

I like movies that leave you with something to think about, to discuss, to debate, you know?

— Viggo Mortensen

Fetal humanity is the philosophical hinge on which the abortion debate turns.

— Norah Vincent

I can't wait for the Republican debates to start and there's literally 65 guys on one stage.

— Conan O'Brien

After Nashville sushi and a long debate on Bob Dylan, we went into Woodland Studios at 10 pm that night for a…

— Robyn Hitchcock

If Quebecers want to keep the Canadian dollar, they'll keep it - and nobody can stop that, end of debate.

— Jacques Parizeau

The Republican debate got pretty heated. They spent most of their time arguing over who God called first.

— Jay Leno

Watching the debate this afternoon it was apparent they loved term limits in the House - as Brutus loved Caesar.

— Bill Moyers

Honest difference of views and honest debate are not disunity. They are the vital process of policy among free men.

— Herbert Hoover

We need scientists and mathematicians explaining why they are excited about their subjects but also why they are important for solving social…

— Marcus du Sautoy

Upon the Constitution, upon the pre-existing legal rights of the People, as understood in this country and in England, I have argued…

— Caleb Cushing

I have gay friends in my life who are conservative. I have gay friends in my life who are for gay marriage…

— Andrew Breitbart

I was surprised how relevant the Moses story was to contemporary American debates - from our ongoing debate about values, to our…

— Bruce Feiler

As young parents of three girls, living in California during the late Sixties and early Seventies, Meredith and I couldn't help but…

— Tom Brokaw

“And is it not the artists that make art? Well, no: criticism is now the substance of art making to such a…

— Paul Shepheard

Bipartisanship has taken us to the brink of bankruptcy. We don't need bipartisanship, we need application of principle... Where was the call…

— Richard Mourdock

We must shift the energy policy debate in America with an increased focus on alternative and renewable fuels and Congress must pass…

— Rick Renzi

We are a country that believes in free speech and the open debate of ideas. We're a country that also believes in…

— Valerie Jarrett

The debate on healthcare was not done like most of our conferences are done - meaning it was not all on television.…

— Anonymous

Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is…

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

For too long the development debate has ignored the fact that poverty tends to be characterized not only by material insufficiency but…

— Kofi Annan

All of the incessant debate about development assistance, and whether the rich are doing enough to help the poor, actually concerns less…

— Jeffrey Sachs

Debate doesn’t really change things. It gets you bogged in deeper. If you can address or reopen the subject with something new,…

— Seamus Heaney

“Just because they write something In this font And break apart their lines To rhyme To dramatize To imitate Doesn’t make what…

— Karl Kristian Flores

We scientists can argue forever about important topics like slightly different flavors of vanilla ice cream. Consider the silliness of this debate:…

— Mark Powell

If we're to honor the heritage of our country, whether it be in terms of religious freedom, whether it be in terms…

— Tom Coburn

I also believe - and hope - that politics and economics will cease to be as important in the future as they…

— Arthur C. Clarke

If I tell you that I would be disobeying the god and on that account it is impossible for me to keep…

— Socrates

Ted Cruz is trying to have a one-on-one debate with Donald Trump.

— Michel Martin

When you're in the Middle of an Argument, ask yourself: Do I want to be Right or be Happy?

— Wayne Dyer

“Different first principles make debate impossible.”

— G.K. Chesterton

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

A good story should provoke discussion, debate, argument...and the occasional bar fight.

— Anonymous

In the midst of fighting there is no place for public debate.

— Yitzhak Rabin

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

— Skip Bayless