Debate Quotes · Page 16

Mental health is often missing from public health debates even though it's critical to wellbeing.

— Diane Abbott

“We disagreed about things I didn't think were even up for debate.”

— Alexis Bass

“Discussions, debates and even arguments will be fruitful if done with an open mind.”

— Haresh Sippy

Brandon McCaw and Phil Hellmuth did a presentation based on the Great Debate for the Constitution.

— Brandon McCaw

Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its by-product.

— Christopher Lasch

Let no one ever think for a moment that national debate means national division.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

If slaughter houses had glass walls, would we even be having this debate?

— Philip Wollen

It's a pleausre to find such rationality in an answer. Welcome to the debate.

— Tibbie

There is no debate in the scientific community...We need [Congress] to change things, not to deny what's happening.

— Bill Nye

The best ideas in the world will accomplish nothing if you leave them on paper. Talk about them. Debate, discuss, argue. Put…

— Kevin Stirtz

I'm happy that Canadians are having a good debate about infrastructure, and not whether it's important but more how we're going to…

— Naheed Nenshi

The people of this country desperately need to engage in an open and honest debate about mental health.

— David Satcher

“The beliefs which we have the most warrant for have no safeguard, but a standing invitation to the whole world to prove…

— John Stuart Mill

Even within traditional universities there has always been debate about whether it wouldn't be better to focus on only one course at…

— Philip Greenspun

Do we fear terrorism so much that we throw out our Constitution, and are we unwilling and afraid to debate our Constitution?

— Rand Paul

There's a reason why the NRA's not here. They're just down the street. And since this is the main reason they exist,…

— Barack Obama

When Wikileaks comes out, which I have nothing to do with, they're giving classified information. They're giving information about Hillary [Clinton] cheating…

— Donald Trump

It is only on the battlefield of ideas that the best ones can be recognized and ultimately prevail. Only those afraid of…

— Glenn Beck

If you have laws and legislation that ban certain things based on the principles of the Scriptures and based on your Christian…

— Bishop Noel Jones

Germany, because of the fact and the perception of a special relationship with Russia, is the only one who can influence Russian…

— Ivan Krastev

Republicans and others who are in anguish over the possibility of socialized medicine ought to have to explain their ideology to a…

— Richard Cohen

We all agree on the core values of a free and open Internet. We simply may disagree on the appropriate regulatory framework…

— Ajit Pai

When the Internet first appeared, this heated debate developed among economists. One side said the Internet will make it easier for companies…

— Austan Goolsbee

When Obama was first proposed as a presidential candidate in 2007, the nation failed to have a meaningful debate concerning the serious…

— Aaron Klein

The real debate isn't over National League MVP, but over which of Barry Bonds' seasons should be considered his finest. There's 2001,…

— Ken Rosenthal

I think it's a very legitimate aspect of American life to criticize and to disagree and to debate. But I want to…

— John McCain

Bless his heart, I have respect for Mitt Romney, but I do not have respect for what he has done through this…

— Sarah Palin

Some of the politicians in this country, in their feverish search for group acceptance, are ready to endorse tumultuous confrontation as a…

— Spiro T. Agnew

The 'Big Green Debate' has entered a very interesting stage. Once there was endless controversy; now there is near unanimity. Once there…

— Jonathon Porritt

In an echo of earlier times, the climate change prophets have in recent years tried to silence counter views and suppress dissent.…

— Colin Robinson

Secularists are wrong when they ask believers to leave their religion at the door before entering into the public square. Frederick Douglass,…

— Barack Obama

My pieces usually are programmed on concerts in which the other works are standard repertoire. My music always sounds very different when…

— Jennifer Higdon

We are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration!

— Hillary Clinton

Decentralisation is controversial - but that's fine. We should be fearless about having a debate.

— Charles Kennedy

Every debate in Washington is about how much to increase spending - a little or a lot.

— Rand Paul

I'm a big believer in debate and difference of opinion.

— Naomi Wolf

We need a sweeping debate about ethics, boundaries, and regulation for location data technologies.

— Kate Crawford

Polygraphs have sparked a fierce debate for at least a century.

— Bill Dedman

When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions.

— Atifete Jahjaga

If Allah wants for a people ill, he gives them debates and takes away from them actions.

— Umar