Debate Quotes

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Every time one of us starts talking about more effective immigration controls, somebody else throws up the Statue of Liberty, how we're a nation of… — Alan K. Simpson
Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is a reality or… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
We can't really have a serious debate about reform on immigration if we don't have operational control of the border. ... With the executive order… — Michael McCaul
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… — Barack Obama
Overly focused, it's far from the time to rest now. Debates growin bout who they think is the best now — Drake
My patriotism and my conscience required me to support it and to engage in the debate over whether and how to fight it. — John McCain
Scientifically, there's no debate over whether the fetus is alive and human. — Ron Paul
I stand on this rostrum with a sense of deep humility and great pride - humility in the weight of those great American architects of… — Douglas MacArthur
Opinions are formed in a process of open discussion and public debate, and where no opportunity for the forming of opinions exists, there may be… — Hannah Arendt
The main point in our report was to recommend decriminalization...because of the way laws are applied, which have not worked. We have applied them for… — Kofi Annan
Honest difference of views and honest debate are not disunity. They are the vital process of policy among free men. — Herbert Hoover
All of the incessant debate about development assistance, and whether the rich are doing enough to help the poor, actually concerns less than 1% of… — Jeffrey Sachs
I believe that the freedom of speech should be protected, but so should a family's right to privacy as they grieve their loss. There is… — Dave Reichert
Our nation must defend the sanctity of marriage. The outcome of this debate is important-and so is the way we conduct it. The same moral… — George W. Bush
When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether you think I'll like it or not. Disagreement, at this state,… — Colin Powell
We work on macro issues and macaroni and cheese issues. When women are in the halls of power, our national debate reflects the needs and… — Barbara Mikulski
You look at that Democratic debate, I had to laugh at what I saw Barack Obama do. I mean in one week he went from… — Mitt Romney
In the great debates of early-nineteenth century geology, catastrophists followed the stereotypical method of objective science-empirical literalism. They believed what they saw, interpolated nothing, and… — Stephen Jay Gould
Facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that… — Stephen Jay Gould
In-depth studies have an influence on general ideas, whereas theories, in turn, in order to maintain themselves, push their spectators to search for new evidence.… — Louis Agassiz
Science cannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame the debates about those conflicts. — Heinz Pagels
[Science doesn't deal with facts; indeed] fact is an emotion-loaded word for which there is little place in scientific debate. — Hermann Bondi
Debate is the death of conversation. — Emil Ludwig
The minds of youth are perpetually led to the history of Greece and Rime or to Great Britain; Boys are constantly repeating the declamations of… — Noah Webster
...the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It… — Robert Kennedy

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