Debate Quotes · Page 57

While patriotism is often lauded as an unquestionable value, the status of patriotism is a problem for many thoughtful people. It is…

— Stephen Nathanson

“Allegations of multi-perpetrator and multi-victim sexual abuse emerged to public awareness in the early 1980s contemporaneously with the denials of the accused…

— Michael Salter

I definitely think religion is responsible for a lot of the evils of the world. I mean that's not really in debate.…

— Conor Oberst

As we move forward to debate our economic and fiscal challenges in the weeks and months ahead, one thing is clear: Our…

— Nancy Pelosi

The period of debate is closed. Arms, as a last resource, must decide the contest.

— Thomas Paine

The point in the report is that you shouldn't say to somebody just because they're Jewish, you must have an opinion on…

— Jeremy Corbyn

All of us need to remember, a government of, by, and for the people depends upon healthy debate and a civil exchange…

— Mike Johnson

Al Gore adopted three utterly different personas in three national presidential debates.

— Rich Lowry

As the heated debate continues, it will be important that nonproliferation experts play a critical role in the discourse. Science-based statements, not…

— David Corn

I felt it was vital to stress the importance of national security in this debate and the need for a clear path…

— Liam Fox

You and I, as citizens, have the obligation to shape the debates of our time, not only with the votes we cast,…

— Barack Obama

The public debate about evolution itself, as opposed to whether to teach it, is something else. It is boring, demeaning, and insufferably…

— Ian Hacking

I want to commend the [Federalist] Society for bringing together the best minds from right, left, and center to debate the most…

— Samuel Alito

First, this law - the National Defense Education Act - ended years and years of debate about one controversial question: 'Shall the…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Concerns about the size and role of government are what seem to leave reformers stammering and speechless in town-hall meetings. The right…

— Thomas Frank

When it comes to understanding the nuts and bolts of the details of any policy, the elites haven't the slightest idea. I'm…

— Rush Limbaugh

People are trying to make decisions about whether they should vaccinate their children or not, which is still a big debate. It's…

— Kyra Zagorsky

There is always a multitude of reasons both in favor of doing a thing and against doing it. The art of debate…

— Anonymous

Earlier feminists were almost universally pro-choice and have dominated political debate until now. Having access to abortion was viewed as the only…

— Kathleen Parker

The climate is changing. That's not the debate. The debate is how do we know what the ideal surface temperature is in 2100?

— Scott Pruitt

I have many debates now with friends on the changes, and the continuing confusion over bringing up your children, instilling values, letting…

— Olivia Williams

Animism is worth considering (a) because it exists, (b) because it addresses contemporary issues and debates, and (c) because it clarifies, in…

— Graham Harvey

If the ancient churches, in debating and deciding the greatest mysteries of religion, knew nothing of these two texts, I understand not…

— Isaac Newton

This idea of holding the Defense Department hostage to the tax debate makes me sick to my stomach. Knock it off.

— Lindsey Graham

I think that, when you're writing your songs, there's always a debate about whether, is that you in the song? Is it…

— Bruce Springsteen