Debate Quotes

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The federal government seeks to control and regulate the Internet, but the last thing this Congress should be doing is trying to stifle public debate… — Dennis Hastert
What passes for real debate in Washington often seems more like an echo chamber, with politicians talking at politicians. — Bill Delahunt
I've enjoyed doing Wolf Blitzer's program, and I even enjoyed having a heated debate with Bill O'Reilly. I will do it any time. — Bianca Jagger
This isn't a little debate society. That's high school stuff. — Sydney Schanberg
I don't really feel like I have to have a debate with my husband over issues. — Laura Bush
Let's start to have a grown up debate in this country about who we are and where we want to go and what kind of… — Ed Miliband
He who frames the question wins the debate. — Randall Terry
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 in… — Helen Suzman
While the debate on the Patriot Act is far from over, it is important that all Americans continue in this dialogue and work together to… — Jo Bonner
The term "rational" and its variants (rationality, rationalism) are used in a lot of contexts in economic debate, both positively and negatively, but nearly always… — John Quiggin
Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its by-product. — Christopher Lasch
In debate, one randomly was assigned to one side or the other. This had at least one virtue - it made one see that there… — Joseph Stiglitz
I am convinced that we as a body must conduct a formal and legitimate debate about election irregularities. — Stephanie Tubbs Jones
I raise this objection to debate the process, and protect the integrity of the true will of the people. — Stephanie Tubbs Jones
I remember serving in Vietnam in that war, and many of us at the major Lieutenant Colonel, colonel level were frustrated that no one in… — William Eldridge Odom
If we don't believe in moral absolutes and then we get into a cultural-political debate, how are we going to win? — Randall Terry
I have worked to expand the health care debate beyond the current for-profit system, to include a public option and an amendment to free the… — Dennis Kucinich
See that's a goal that I think it's very good in the debate to find out who the person is. — Geraldine Ferraro
There is an ongoing debate about the reform of the U.N. system. — Joschka Fischer
Listen, if the mayor wants to have a debate about education in this city, I got three words: bring it on. — Anthony Weiner
I enjoyed debate on the floor but it's not really debate in the same way. — Geraldine Ferraro
I liked discussion and debate and thought that these skills fit well with law. I also had an interest in justice - and later learned… — Harold H. Greene
I do think that Social Security reform needs to be bipartisan, and we are going to have to reach that in this debate at some… — Judy Biggert
After Nashville sushi and a long debate on Bob Dylan, we went into Woodland Studios at 10 pm that night for a look around, and… — Robyn Hitchcock
This country is about, in my judgment, aggressive, open debate. There is an old saying: When everyone is thinking the same thing, no one is… — Byron Dorgan

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