Debate Quotes
906 quotes by 694 authors
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Faithiest resonated with me in many ways-not only because, like Chris, I am a gay former-Christian atheist who still thinks of my religious neighbors as…
— John Corvino
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Logic is the subject that has helped me most in picking stocks, if only because it taught me to identify the peculiar illogic of Wall…
— Peter Lynch
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Nima Shirazi's is an important progressive voice in the Iran debate in the West, often deconstructing the myths (and sometimes propaganda) we commonly encounter in…
— Hooman Majd
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I believe God himself will someday debate with and answer every objection arrogant men can come up with against him; I believe he will humble…
— Criss Jami
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When it comes to the whole debate today over evolution versus creation, Jesus affirmed the early chapters of Genesis were accurate when He said, "Have…
— Charlie Campbell
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There is danger that totalitarian governments, not subject to vigorous popular debate, will underestimate the will and unity of democratic societies where vital interests are…
— John F. Kennedy
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It excites world wonder in the Parliamentary countries that we should build a Chamber, starting afresh, which can only seat two-thirds of its Members. It…
— Winston Churchill
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I had a truly horrible dream last night ... [Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mike Tyson and I] were on our way to a TV studio for a…
— Hunter S. Thompson
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There's nothing like a debate to teach one quickness. I often wish I had gone in for them when I was a youngster. It would…
— E. M. Forster
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When a politician says, concerning an issue involving science, that the debate is over, you may be sure the debate is rolling on and not…
— George Will
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A few years ago the idea that extreme poverty was harmful was on the fringes of the economic and political debate. But having made the…
— Winnie Byanyima
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It's time to end the era of mass incarceration. We need a true national debate about how to reduce our prison population.
— Hillary Clinton
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The left is entering a new phase of ideological agitation no longer trying to win the debate but stopping debate altogether, banishing from public discourse…
— Charles Krauthammer
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Except during my childhood, when I was probably influenced by Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel depiction of God with a flowing white beard, I have never tried…
— Jimmy Carter
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I have experienced the intensity of patriotism as a submarine officer, the ambitions of a competitive businessman, and the intensity of political debate. I have…
— Jimmy Carter
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Culture shouldn't be a pacifying thing. It shouldn't be something that you just passively accept. I think it should be something that, in some ways,…
— Jarvis Cocker
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It's funny when people debate about music, because they get so passionate about what they enjoy.
— Judd Apatow
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I love the question-and-answer. I love to see liberals try to thrash their way to a coherent argument. And actually, I think it's fun to…
— Ann Coulter
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A presidential debate is a job interview. And voters look for certain traits in people applying to be president.
— Ron Fournier
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President Obama is casting his lot in the middle of a debate as old as America itself: Are we rugged individualists pulling ourselves up by…
— Ron Fournier
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