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Debate Quotes by Barack Obama
- For all the noise and anger that too often surrounds the immigration debate, America has nothing to fear from today's immigrants. They have come here…
- Number one, it is absolutely critical that we tone down the rhetoric when it comes to the immigration debate, because there has been an undertone…
- This is something that I'm sure I'd have serious debates with my fellow Christians about. I think that the difficult thing about any religion, including…
- What you saw was the people of New York having a debate, talking through these issues. It was contentious; it was emotional; but, ultimately, they…
- All across the world, ...increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether or not climate…
- You and I, as citizens, have the obligation to shape the debates of our time, not only with the votes we cast, but the voices…
- The shift to a cleaner energy economy wont happen overnight, and it will require tough choices along the way. But the debate is settled. Climate…
- Now, at times this issue has tended to degenerate into an 'either-or' type of debate. Either we protect our people from terror or we protect…
- I am convinced that whenever we exaggerate or demonize, oversimplify or overstate our case, we lose. Whenever we dumb down the political debate, we lose.…
- Secularists are wrong when they ask believers to leave their religion at the door before entering into the public square. Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Williams…
- The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure... It is a sign that we…
- The strongest democracies flourish from frequent and lively debate, but they endure when people of every background and belief find a way to set aside…
- If we’re going to have arguments, let’s have arguments — but let’s make them debates worthy of this body and worthy of this country.
- For now, decisions are upon us and we cannot afford delay. We cannot mistake absolutism for principle or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling…
- The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a debt problem and…
- After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet promise. It is…
- The debate is settled. Climate change is a fact.
- We cannot mistake absolutism for principle, or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling as reasoned debate.
More Debate Quotes
- I say I'm the only serious comedian in the presidential race. And I'd like to take this opportunity to ask both Romney… — Roseanne Barr
- In the continuing debate over the morality of enhanced interrogation, an essential consideration is often overlooked: intent. — Gary Bauer
- Filibusters should require 35 senators to... make a commitment to continually debate an issue in reality, not just in theory. The number… — Evan Bayh
- As state and federal lawmakers debate the country's energy policies and Colorado's role in the ever-expanding energy economy, let's hope they remember… — Bob Beauprez
- Mental health is often missing from public health debates even though it's critical to wellbeing. — Diane Abbott
- No matter how you cut it, this real debate on personal accounts is about the legitimacy of Social Security; it's not about… — Joe Biden
- Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center, lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic… — Michael Bloomberg
- You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. — Ray Bradbury
- I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism. — Abdallah II
- Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine. — Amos Bronson Alcott
- You know what 'DOUBT' stands for? It stands for 'Debate On Understanding Bewildersome Thoughts.' — Gary Busey
- I can't ever remember sitting around and saying, 'gosh let's hurry up and get these debates going, that'll win it for me.'… — George H. W. Bush