Debate Quotes

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I should add that it is open to debate whether what we call the writing of history these days is truly scientific. — Lion Feuchtwanger
A little tough talk in the midst of a campaign or as part of a presidential debate cannot obscure a record of 30 years of… — Dick Cheney
We won't dispassionately investigate or rationally debate which drugs do what damage and whether or how much of that damage is the result of criminalization.… — P.J. O'Rourke
The land is ours”: that is pretty much the end of the debate. “I will do everything in my power, forever, to fight against a… — Naftali Bennett
Something fundamental changes when people begin to ask questions together. The questions create more of a learning conversation than the normal stale debate about problems. — Unknown Author
I only debate my equals. All others I teach. — John Henrik Clarke
History is the art of making an argument about the past by telling a story accountable to evidence. In the writing of history, a story… — Jill Lepore
Intellectual freedom is essential -- freedom to obtain and distribute information, freedom for open-minded and unfearing debate and freedom from pressure by officialdom and prejudices.… — Andrei Sakharov
Is there any point in public debate in a society where hardly anyone has been taught how to think, while millions have been taught what… — Peter Hitchens
Brutes find out where their talents lie; A bear will not attempt to fly, A foundered horse will oft debate Before he tries a five… — Jonathan Swift
In an echo of earlier times, the climate change prophets have in recent years tried to silence counter views and suppress dissent. August members of… — Colin Robinson
Whoever in debate quotes authority uses not intellect, but memory. — Leonardo da Vinci
Trees are right at the heart of all the necessary debates: ecological, social, economic, political, moral, religious. — Unknown Author
It reminds me in some ways of the debate taking place in this country and around the world in the late 1930s - there were… — Bernie Sanders
The idea of a liberal media bias is simply a myth. If only it were true, we might have a more humane, open-minded, and ultimately… — Barbra Streisand
In my humble opinion, those who come to engage in debates of consequence, and who challenge accepted wisdom, should expect to be treated badly. Nonetheless,… — Clarence Thomas
I've been doing these conventions for 20 years, and we used to at least have debates about issues. Nothing is happening basically at this convention,… — Susan Estrich
The most startling aspect of the nutrition situation in India is that it is not much of an issue in public debates and electoral politics. — Jean Dreze
If you try to assert wisdom before people have themselves walked it, be prepared for much resistance, denial, push-back, and verbal debate. — Richard Rohr
I can criticize your religion all I want, and you can criticize mine. I don't like this whole climate of, 'You can't ever say anything… — Kathy Griffin
In debates between anarchists and statists, the burden of proof clearly should rest on those who place their trust in the state. Anarchy's mayhem is… — Robert Higgs
In human affairs, no single person, organisation or social formation ever has a final or an absolutely correct position. It is through conversation, debate and… — Nelson Mandela
There is plenty of time to argue with new ideas later. They key is to take careful notes first and debate second. — Jim Rohn
Our hope is we move beyond denial and into debate... If we cleaned up the air, would it really be bad for us? — Bob Inglis
In the world of the Middle East at the moment, the debates are shrill. But ... the wisest voice of all of them may well… — Neil MacGregor

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