Is there any point in public debate in a society where hardly anyone has been taught how to think, while millions have… — Peter Hitchens Copy Share Image
There are so many people that are offended by debate and free speech that sometimes governments cower. It's just way easier to… — Lauren Southern Copy Share Image
I do believe there is absolutely space for legitimate debate in a liberal democracy about immigration selection, screening and integration. — Jason Kenney Copy Share Image
Live television is the hottest medium. My passion for sports debate runs hot enough without a camera transporting it into your living… — Skip Bayless Copy Share Image
Imagine the wars we would've avoided if prior generations had a website where they could debate tragedy and politics in terse sentences? — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
The Sophists' paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an… — David Antin Copy Share Image
A moral stand by the sports industry is what finally settled the long, unfortunate debate over Mississippi's state flag. — Jemele Hill Copy Share Image
If a woman MP's choice of clothing becomes a topic of a heated debate, then all the talk of women empowerment is… — Mimi Chakraborty Copy Share Image
Being the only Indian in class, I had to be able to stand up and defend myself and debate the others when… — Perry Bellegarde Copy Share Image
There is no doubt our earth is warming and our seas rising - or that humankind is the cause. There is no… — Bill Shorten Copy Share Image
Last night, we had the first gubernatorial debate. Some people are criticizing Schwarzenegger for not going. They say Arnold goes around telling… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
“The problem with smart people is that they like to be right and sometimes will defend ideas to the death rather than… — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
In the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, man's dispute with madness was dramatic debate in which he confronted the secret powers of… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
I talk to people in the ACLU office in New York all the time. I'm able to participate in the debate and… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We need a nonpartisan debate commission that actually allows candidates, who are on the ballot in enough states that they could win… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
After we were hit on September 11 2001, we were in a state of national shock. Less than six weeks later, on… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
Liberals believe government should take people's earnings to give to poor people. Conservatives disagree. They think government should confiscate people's earnings and… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
We live at a time that is notable for the polemical nature of discussions about identity, consciousness, rationality, agency, memory, and feeling.… — Robert P. George Copy Share Image
... it is a lonely programme. The very virtues you cultivate become walls that inevitably separate you from your kind… A new… — Alice Foote MacDougall Copy Share Image
People seem very arrogant when they say 'I'm right and you're wrong', but in practice we all believe we're right. We have… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Artists have their existential questions as human beings, and they address these questions in their works. But they are also thinking in… — Gunnar Kvaran Copy Share Image
What I want is the world to remember the problems and the people I photograph. What I want is to create a… — Sebastiao Salgado Copy Share Image
The term "rational" and its variants (rationality, rationalism) are used in a lot of contexts in economic debate, both positively and negatively,… — John Quiggin Copy Share Image
“One day in my pharmacology class, we were discussing the possibility of legalizing marijuana. The class was pretty evenly divided between those… — Daniel Willey Copy Share Image
The proof of battle is action, proof of words, debate. No time for speeches now, it's time to fight. — Homer Copy Share Image
What is especially irritating about the whole abortion debate is the way the subject has been used as a political football by… — Chuck Baldwin Copy Share Image
Overly focused, it's far from the time to rest now. Debates growin bout who they think is the best now — Drake Copy Share Image
When you've got people taking opposite positions just to create a debate, viewers can see through it. — Ernie Johnson Jr Copy Share Image
After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are 435 members of Congress. There's one 'Morning Joe' show. Hopefully, we can keep hammering the argument that you can disagree… — Joe Scarborough Copy Share Image
The worst thing about our political system is that people debate; I wish our politicians were able to talk to each other… — Karamo Brown Copy Share Image
I actually prepared Vice President Biden for his debate in the last election. I played Sarah Palin. It's a little tough debating… — Jennifer Granholm Copy Share Image
“Questions are the heart and soul of constructive conflict. They open up the exploration, bring in new information, and reframe debate. When” — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
In another life, before taking the veil of journalistic purity, I practiced the black arts of a political operative, including 'debate prep. — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
When you exist in the centre of a debate, as a topic, a hypothesis - otherised and stigmatised - you become the… — Randa Abdel-Fattah Copy Share Image
Political differences will always generate a healthy debate, but over time the dialogue has become more hateful and at times violent. — Mark Udall Copy Share Image
“In his early days at University, he'd been too green to realize winning debates, even private ones, would lose him friends.” — T. Baggins Copy Share Image
How is it that this debate has been twisted on its head, that somehow those that advocate peace and diplomacy are anti-American? — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
Politics has become a game of meaningless, mindless battles, conducted by unscrupulous methods and people, designed to transform even the most serious… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Non-cooperation is beyond the reach of the bayonet. It has found an abiding place in the Indian heart. Workers like me will… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
