“At times, one can win clever people over to a principle merely by presenting it in the form of an outrageous paradox.” — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Years ago, I was watching a debate on Fox News, when I thought, 'These guys are basically like pranksters, they bring the… — Kayvan Novak Copy Share Image
I'm very keen that we have this debate about the good parts of inequality and the bad parts of inequality. It's not… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
I think a lot of moral debates are not over what is the basis of justice, but who gets a ticket to… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Our climate is changing. That's a fact, and we need to have a real debate about how we should respond to it. — Conor Lamb Copy Share Image
I believe that the pursuit of truth and right ideas through honest debate and rigorous argument is a noble undertaking. — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
The dinner table is a lively debate, and everybody weighs in in a different way. I like that, though. — Vanessa Kerry Copy Share Image
Science ... looks skeptically at all claims to knowledge, old and new. It teaches not blind obedience to those in authority but… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
As we move forward to debate our economic and fiscal challenges in the weeks and months ahead, one thing is clear: Our… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
I would love to see a debate on economics between Trump and Obama. Mr. 'Scholar,' Mr. Faculty Lounge Extraordinaire versus Mr. Real… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Marty Baron, 'The Post's executive editor, stopped me in the elevator lobby late one debate night and suggested we look into the… — David Fahrenthold Copy Share Image
Are we going to debate philosophy or should I just kiss and make up with the demon now? Let it get a… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
In the past there has been debate as to whether or not traditional rights such as that to trial by jury might… — Dominic Grieve Copy Share Image
The country's in significant danger, and I think we need people who are thoughtful. We're gonna have sharp differences, but we need… — Tim Pawlenty Copy Share Image
While patriotism is often lauded as an unquestionable value, the status of patriotism is a problem for many thoughtful people. It is… — Stephen Nathanson Copy Share Image
"Teachers"... treat students neither coercively nor instrumentally but as joint seekers of truth and of mutual actualization. They help students define moral… — James MacGregor Burns Copy Share Image
Eisenhower provided the first break in the Cold War, by bringing Khrushchev to the United States, in humanizing the Soviets; and then… — Robert Scheer Copy Share Image
It became obvious that we had completely failed to impose rules on unbridled speculative capitalism. That destroyed financial systems, hollowed out state… — Martin Schulz Copy Share Image
My point is, however, that churches do promote beliefs that would more appropriately find a place in a context of intellectual debate.… — Robert M. Price Copy Share Image
If President Clinton has his way, we will have a false debate in the 1996 election campaign. It will not engage real… — Robert J. Samuelson Copy Share Image
Between 1995 and 2005, the prison population grew by 30 percent, meaning an additional half million criminals were behind bars, rather than… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
We have to make education a priority, but all this debate about education and testing is almost beside the point. We only… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
In music, as you develop a theme or musical idea, there are many points at which directions must be decided, and at… — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
Keynes vs Hayek? Friedman vs Krugman? Those are the wrong intellectual debates. Its you vs. Tony Hayward, BP CEO, You vs. Lloyd… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
The public debate about evolution itself, as opposed to whether to teach it, is something else. It is boring, demeaning, and insufferably… — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
I don't feel that an atmosphere of debate and total disagreement and argument is such a bad thing. It makes for a… — Clifford Geertz Copy Share Image
The ethical debates are like stones in a stream. The water runs around them. You haven't seen any biological technologies held up… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
Climate change: I say the debate is over. We know the science, we see the threat and we know that the time… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
Normally, at a debate or a town hall, I would be quick to say to someone, 'That was rude,' or, 'We're going… — Jake Tapper Copy Share Image
I look forward to continuing the debate about Britain's future - in Parliament and across the country. — Theresa May Copy Share Image
Even more troubling, not only are Asians largely unseen at the front line of the immigration debate, they are not using the… — Alex Wagner Copy Share Image
What passes for real debate in Washington often seems more like an echo chamber, with politicians talking at politicians. — Bill Delahunt Copy Share Image
Most people would agree that the details matter when it faces the user. But where the real debate is on things that… — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
Often times, political games prevent senators from even beginning to debate some of the most important issues. — Michael Bennet Copy Share Image
The question is whether we're ready to undertake responsibility for overcoming the crisis or will again sink in debates, mutual recriminations and… — Yevgeny Primakov Copy Share Image
Nepotism is an overrated debate. It exists everywhere and I have been telling this from the day one. — Anubhav Sinha Copy Share Image
I should add that it is open to debate whether what we call the writing of history these days is truly scientific. — Lion Feuchtwanger Copy Share Image
Letting our domestic sensitivities dictate our debate on China allows the CCP to avoid criticism where it richly deserves it, and it… — Mary Katharine Ham Copy Share Image
It's time to end the era of mass incarceration. We need a true national debate about how to reduce our prison population. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
