Debate Quote by Bret Weinstein Download Open image “The electorate is starved for honest debate and for the good governance that follows from it.” — Bret Weinstein ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Debate Good Good governance Honest Politics
Debate is almost non-existent and no one is apparently accountable to anybody apart from their political party bosses. It is bad news for democracy… — Helen Suzman Copy Share Image
The Commission on Presidential Debates is a corrupt stranglehold on our democracy. — Phil Donahue Copy Share Image
“Our certitude and vehemence in political argument are way out of proportion to our knowledge...In politics, everybody is always very sure that they are… — Guillermo Jimenez Copy Share Image
Screaming 'you're wrong' at the electorate is not a good strategy for a party seeking to win back its trust. — Chuka Umunna Copy Share Image
The weakness in a model in which one assumes that the electorate gets what it needs from Bill Clinton is that our system doesn't… — Kathleen Hall Jamieson Copy Share Image
Whatever politicians, activists and manipulators propose, it is the phlegmatic, indifferent, ingrained electorate which disposes. — Don Aitkin Copy Share Image
A vital democracy requires an informed electorate, civil discourse, and bold thinking. — Jane O'Meara Sanders Copy Share Image
In an election like this one [in 2016], not only are voters dissatisfied, but where the foundations of our economy, our democracy, our ecosystem,… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
The Commission on Presidential Debates must be replaced if we want to have a democracy in this country. — John B. Anderson Copy Share Image
On a college campus, people should be equally free to be on campus, irrespective of their skin color. — Bret Weinstein Copy Share Image
Evergreen is arguably the most radical college in the country - and while it does lean far to the left in a political sense,… — Bret Weinstein Copy Share Image
There was a time when the term liberal had been so thoroughly demonized by those on the right that I remember consciously choosing to… — Bret Weinstein Copy Share Image
The button-down empirical and deductive fields, including all the hard sciences, have lived side by side with 'critical theory,' postmodernism and its perception-based relatives.… — Bret Weinstein Copy Share Image
It is fair to say that the political duopoly we are forced to accept creates a set of problems that threaten the survival of… — Bret Weinstein Copy Share Image
Terrorism is a tactic in which the primary objective is to produce fear, rather than direct harm. Terrorist attacks are, first and foremost, psychological… — Bret Weinstein Copy Share Image
If one's desire for change is an earnest desire to see things improve, then surely there is a state in which things have been… — Bret Weinstein Copy Share Image
What we do have is a system in which power tends to be awarded to people on the basis that they are corruptible. — Bret Weinstein Copy Share Image
To women, Americans of color, and the citizens of the world, Donald Trump, if he is taken at his word, represents a threat to… — Bret Weinstein Copy Share Image
The idea that we should prioritize a racial viewpoint on, who knows, maybe even organic chemistry, over somebody who is adept at understanding how… — Bret Weinstein Copy Share Image
I hear many people talking as if the terms liberal, progressive and leftist refer to different factions, and that one might partner with one… — Bret Weinstein Copy Share Image
If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless and expanding… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
One of the undervalued contributors to Trump's stunning 2016 victory was the masterful performance Pence had in his debate against Hillary Clinton running mate… — Mollie Hemingway Copy Share Image
I am encouraged President Obama now says he will fulfill his constitutional obligation to seek authorization for any potential military action in Syria. This… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The Patriot Act is certainly a concern; all of those things are dangerous. I think more important than me preaching is that we as… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions.… — Atifete Jahjaga Copy Share Image
There can be a debate on the Citizenship Amendment Act, but why should we shelter someone who has come to India illegally from outside? — Raj Thackeray Copy Share Image
The Constitution is very clear on the - on the declaration of war or reacting to international crimes - crimes against nations. It is… — Joe Pitts Copy Share Image
Grace is ours. Let's live it! Deny it or debate it and we kill it. — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
As far as I know, the question of whether and how it could be strategically or morally justified was never the subject of open… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The "family" has clearly emerged anew in the late 1970s as a central subject for discussion, debate, research and writing in bothscholarly and popular… — Sheila Kamerman Copy Share Image
The premise of any discussion I have is not to debate my humanity. I refuse to engage on that level. It makes for a… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
It is important to allow a broad debate on energy and climate. We must urgently explore realistic ways to address the different scientific, technical… — Lennart Bengtsson Copy Share Image