Debate Quotes

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Robert Glennon is a leading-edge legal scholar and passionate water advocate whose thinking is central to an intense debate on the path forward to a… — Maude Barlow
It is futile to debate on what is wrong and right with people whose remorse is not their punishment, nor is it reasonable to care… — Khem Veasna
The proof of battle is action, proof of words, debate. No time for speeches now, it's time to fight. — Homer
The error which underlies the very existence of this debate is that there is some kind of perfect Platonic form of the computer language, which… — Paul Vixie
I am encouraged President Obama now says he will fulfill his constitutional obligation to seek authorization for any potential military action in Syria. This is… — Rand Paul
There is no escaping this fight. It is civilization or Jihadism. We can and should debate tactics; but the sides are clear enough. — Andrew Sullivan
When they can't win a debate (can they ever?), leftists deploy what the late novelist/philosopher Ayn Rand called the argument from intimidation. Instead of trying… — Don Feder
I think it's a very legitimate aspect of American life to criticize and to disagree and to debate. But I want to say I think… — John McCain
Look, this debate is basic: it's small government vs. big government. So how cowardly do folks like Blood and Frank Rich have to be that… — Greg Gutfeld
You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption or rejection, it awakened the… — Caleb Cushing
Well, to tell you truth, I have learned a long time ago that the trick when doing a debate, any kind of debate, is to… — Jim Lehrer
In history, she wasn't there while we reenacted the Lincoln-Douglas Debate, and Mr. Lee tried to make me argue the Pro-Slavery side, most likely as… — Kami Garcia
A debate has one purpose, one purpose only, and that is to facilitate the exchange of ideas directly between two candidates, and that's it. — Jim Lehrer
No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition. It reduces their supporters to that tractable number which can be managed by the joint… — Benjamin Disraeli
Besides Germany, the only countries that don't have speed limits are places like Nepal, where road conditions are so bad that a limit would be… — Sigmar Gabriel
I am incrementally a pessimist, but I see the international debate that Edward Snowden has engendered, and I think this is exactly where the discussion… — Adam Savage
For in the absence of debate unrestricted utterance leads to the degradation of opinion. By a kind of Greshams law the more rational is overcome… — Walter Lippmann
Disagreement produces debate but dissent produces dissension. Dissent (which come from the Latin, dis and sentire) means originally to feel apart from others. People who… — Daniel J. Boorstin
Ah, yes, my social life — a series of encounters where we briefly debate who is in the greater rush. — Robert Breault
But I do think its necessary to have debates. — Geraldine Ferraro
Our true history is scarcely ever deciphered by others. The chief part of the drama is a monologue, or rather an intimate debate between God,… — Henri Frederic Amiel
The great issues facing us today are not Republican issues or Democratic issues. The political parties can debate the means, but both parties must embrace… — Lee Iacocca
We can know nothing till after this grave debate. The soul must withdraw, for this is not its hour. Now the knife must divide the… — Georges Duhamel
In Britain, the theatre has traditionally been where the public goes to think about its past and debate its future. The formation of the National… — John Lahr
In the United States, and to only slightly lesser degree in all the other rich and economically progressive Western countries, public debate has at all… — Gunnar Myrdal

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