Debate Quotes

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A good story should provoke discussion, debate, argument...and the occasional bar fight. — J. Michael Straczynski
As long as we cling to the superstition that we must look to government for money supply, instead of requiring it to look to us,… — E.C. Riegel
As has been pointed out with Libya, the debate over Libya, sometimes we allow diplomatic relations with imperfect regimes because progress can best be made… — Earl Blumenauer
In many ways the culmination of [Judith Butler's] thinking to date, 'Parting Ways' will confirm Butler's place at the forefront of debate about one of… — Jacqueline Rose
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… — Barack Obama
Who wins at the end of the day? The self-satisfied people who heatedly debate some obscure details? Or the people who sidestep the entire debate… — Ramit Sethi
What worries me is that the debate about gender differences still seems to polarize nature vs. nurture, with some in the social sciences and humanities… — Simon Baron-Cohen
I'm a talker. I love a good debate. — Katherine Heigl
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. — Barack Obama
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… — Barack Obama
You can't be a great mum and work the whole time necessarily; those two things aren't ideal. We have an awful lot to work on… — Emma Thompson
Oh, there's going to be debate because you're dealing with the Bible and religion is supposed to be separate from state and that to me… — Pam Grier
Political debate is of no interest to me. What I want are practical solutions. — Carole Bouquet
We have allowed the sexual debate to be defined by women, and that's not right. Men must speak, and speak in their own voices, not… — Camille
In the context of the great debates about identity politics - are you gay or straight, nationalist or republican, British or English and so on… — Beatrix Campbell
But beyond the hysteria of phantom death panels, where is the abomination? Show me the provisions that will hurt consumers, because if you think a… — Jim McDermott
Once infected, the individual [infected with a god virus] cannot detect major contradictions in his beliefs and behavior. Belief systems become self-evident to him, and… — Darrel Ray
The early Christians' opponents all accepted that Jesus existed, taught, had disciples, worked miracles, and was put to death on a Roman cross. As in… — Graham Stanton
There is no debate whether we need a cultural policy or not. We do need it, but there are different ways of doing it. — Frederic Martel
I come to this debate, Mr. Speaker, as one at the end of 10 years in office on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where… — Nancy Pelosi
My wife and I have just returned from Belgium where, courtesy of the hotel TV, we acquired a new perspective on the Iraq war. The… — David Walker
My voice is still for war. Gods! can a Roman senate long debate Which of the two to choose, slavery or death? — Joseph Addison
The noble lord is the Rupert of debate. — Benjamin Disraeli
I make it a policy every election to only debate once, Democrats and Progressives. And I will say that the way that you have acted,… — Matt Shea
In our discussions here at the forum there was no trace of the futile debate about what is better, capitalism or socialism...We should seek a… — Mikhail Gorbachev

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