Debate Quotes · Page 40

Indeed, this is an important characteristic of the globalization debate: the tendency toward glorifying all things indigenous even when they deserve to…

— Franklin Foer

I mean that psychologically. I think [Donald Trump] showed in the debates when he encounters criticism or challenge he behaves the way…

— William Weld

Tolerance once meant that we could use our reason to discern good and evil in open debate. Today tolerance has been used…

— Charles Colson

So I'd be quite happy to have a three-hour Lincoln-Douglas-style debate with Barack Obama. I'd let him use a teleprompter. I'll just…

— Newt Gingrich

If the leadership can't win a debate, then we should show true leadership and implement the democratic will of our party.

— Jeremy Corbyn

Atheists in C.S. Lewis' day were as snobbish and arrogant as they are now, but better educated and more capable of debate.

— Peter Kreeft

In the 1990s, while the Maastricht debate was raging, I was a minister in the Major government. Every single piece of legislation…

— Ann Widdecombe

You do now have one in three people, as shown by the famous Carlton Monarchy debate poll, saying they want to get…

— Anthony Holden

We've learned something about President-elect [Donald] Trump's choice for secretary of defense. Lawmakers in Congress intend to proper debate over whether retired…

— Steve Inskeep

In Britain, the theatre has traditionally been where the public goes to think about its past and debate its future. The formation…

— John Lahr

You always, I think, debate with yourself about whether or not you made the right decision. And you have to then give…

— John O. Brennan

We actually did go on a camping trip together as part of the research, in a caravan, for a week. I guess…

— Alice Lowe

There are people here [in South Africa] who, whatever the debate is on a particular issue, their dominating idea is that at…

— Nelson Mandela

There's been a lot said about Social Security reform. What has been left out of the debate is the double tax on…

— Rob Simmons

I think the American people expect more from us than cries of indignation and attack. The times are too grave, the challenge…

— John F. Kennedy

When you are interviewing someone, you have a chance to follow up, to press, to dig in. In a debate there's 30…

— Gwen Ifill

There's a big debate in the U.S. about immigration reform. We need to reflect on who's feeding this country today, why this…

— Diego Luna

I liked discussion and debate and thought that these skills fit well with law. I also had an interest in justice -…

— Harold H. Greene

I never, ever, when I entered this process of running for president of the United States, thought I would be excluded from…

— Gary Johnson

I've noticed that, with many of the authors I like, I tend to think I would dislike them as human beings or…

— Laura Marling

I think there's a debate between pitchers and hitters, you know, that always is always gonna exist and when it comes to…

— Francisco Lindor

What scared me in that debate is that it's not about the ownership rules at all. The vast majority of people don't…

— Michael K. Powell

Social studies was my favorite subject. I remember I portrayed Walter Mondale in a mock debate in my sophomore social studies class.

— Kane

We urgently need an open and honest debate with the public about what help and support they will be entitled to when…

— Liz Kendall

I think by not participating in the current political debate, hopefully I'm sending a signal that will help set a tone.

— George W. Bush

Energy has become a national security issue and as technology continues to improve, there will be more debates like the one on…

— Ed Royce

Traditionally vice presidential debates don't move the needle one way or the other. They have largely been irrelevant and inconsequential.

— Donald Trump

If we're not in the debates there will be no real discussion of climate change, because Hillary Clinton's policy does not begin…

— Jill Stein

The debate around the ageing population should, in my view, focus much more on how we grow the active, working population.

— Nicola Sturgeon

There is a debate in Ukip as to how strong we should be on the immigration issue. I personally think we should…

— Nigel Farage

Parliamentary obstructionism should be avoided. It is a weapon to be used in the rarest of the rare cases. Parliamentary accountability is…

— Arun Jaitley

It is fair to debate how much either bill - Obamacare in 2010, tax reform in 2018 - had or will have…

— Kristen Soltis Anderson

I've come to learn that the best time to debate family members is when they have good in their mouths.

— Kenneth Cole

For the Democrats, they're trying to avoid having the [Ben] Sanders- [Hillary] Clinton debate over and over again. But, to some degree,…

— Mark Shields

I only debate with serious political youth formations. Not a group of the racist Helen Zille's garden boys.

— Julius Malema

At any debate, you want viewers to have learned something they didn't know before - whether it's about the candidates' temperament, policies,…

— Hallie Jackson

I don't ever remember being able to debate with my parents. Even though I thought of myself as a very bright kid,…

— Mindy Kaling

A real leader uses every issue, no matter how serious and sensitive, to ensure that at the end of the debate we…

— Nelson Mandela

I love the question-and-answer. I love to see liberals try to thrash their way to a coherent argument. And actually, I think…

— Ann Coulter

That's the statement of the culture of England and Britain that someone would try to con a personal statement out of you…

— Frank Lampard