Debate Quotes · Page 79

This [the intelligent design movement] isn't really, and never has been, a debate about science, it's about religion and philosophy.

— Phillip E. Johnson

We need a big debate in society about how we are going to shape Europe and tame capitalism. A government must provide…

— Martin Schulz

Of course, Mike and I debate and argue - we used to play Ping-Pong to settle arguments. But then Mike got really…

— Bryan Konietzko

Well, I think that we ought to definitely look at it and debate it. I think there are a lot of people…

— Laura Bush

I was good at speech and debate and academics. I should've stayed in my lane, but I kept trying out for the…

— Hasan Minhaj

Throughout chess history, great debates have raged about the pros and cons of hanging pawns. The debates are nonsense; the answer is…

— Yasser Seirawan

I will say I was a lot bigger as Superman. A lot bigger. I'm not saying how much. It's modesty about the…

— Henry Cavill

There are leaders who know that however furious the debate, there are good men and women in all population groups - amongst…

— Nelson Mandela

I don't expect us to cover all the issues of this campaign [2016] tonight, but I remind everyone, there are two more…

— Lester Holt

There are some rights that are so fundamental to our society that you'd think the public debate would be closed on them.…

— Martin O'Malley

'This is how democracy works,' Barack Obama lectured the country before giving everyone the specifics of his expansive one-man executive overreach on…

— David Harsanyi

Faithiest resonated with me in many ways-not only because, like Chris, I am a gay former-Christian atheist who still thinks of my…

— John Corvino

Which is ideology? Which not? You shall know them by their assertion of truth, their contempt for considered reflection, and their fear…

— John Ralston Saul

For all its faults, it is partisanship - based on core principles- that clarifies our debates, that prevents one party from straying…

— Tom DeLay

Social Security Works! puts expanding Social Security front and center on the national agenda, where it belongs. Everyone who has a stake…

— Bernie Sanders

If we could have a really good debate with the states and the federal government on tax reform I'd be up for…

— Gladys Berejiklian

The plurality of German campaign formats, including the televised debates, reflect that we in Germany don't directly vote for a person like…

— Angela Merkel

“Edward genially enough did not dis agree with what I said, but he didn't seem to admit my point, either. I wanted…

— Christopher Hitchens

We should vigorously debate policy differences. We have too much all-or-nothing in American politics.

— Benjamin E. Sasse

Why does the left hate free speech? Because they don't know how to talk about the substantive merits when they are challenged.…

— Ann Althouse

We have to yet really seriously debate the constitutional issues and whether or not we're willing to give up more freedom in…

— William Cohen

If this Nation really wants to create an effective border security policy, we need to have a debate that includes a discussion…

— Raul Grijalva

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

A Green Party candidate would be very different from a Democrat or Republican and should be heard. I was the candidate first…

— Peter Camejo

One of the big questions in the climate change debate: Are humans any smarter than frogs in a pot? If you put…

— Jeff Goodell