Debate Quotes

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A few years ago the idea that extreme poverty was harmful was on the fringes of the economic and political debate. But having made the… — Winnie Byanyima
It's time to end the era of mass incarceration. We need a true national debate about how to reduce our prison population. — Hillary Clinton
The left is entering a new phase of ideological agitation no longer trying to win the debate but stopping debate altogether, banishing from public discourse… — Charles Krauthammer
Except during my childhood, when I was probably influenced by Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel depiction of God with a flowing white beard, I have never tried… — Jimmy Carter
I have experienced the intensity of patriotism as a submarine officer, the ambitions of a competitive businessman, and the intensity of political debate. I have… — Jimmy Carter
Culture shouldn't be a pacifying thing. It shouldn't be something that you just passively accept. I think it should be something that, in some ways,… — Jarvis Cocker
It's funny when people debate about music, because they get so passionate about what they enjoy. — Judd Apatow
I love the question-and-answer. I love to see liberals try to thrash their way to a coherent argument. And actually, I think it's fun to… — Ann Coulter
A presidential debate is a job interview. And voters look for certain traits in people applying to be president. — Ron Fournier
President Obama is casting his lot in the middle of a debate as old as America itself: Are we rugged individualists pulling ourselves up by… — Ron Fournier
What is at stake in the debate over health care is more than the mere crafting of policy. The issue is now the identity of… — Thomas Frank
It's hard to have that debate around secret programs authorized by secret legal opinions issued by a secret court. Actually, it's impossible to have that… — Al Franken
The historical debate is over. The answer is free-market capitalism. — Thomas Friedman
Linguistic philosophers continue to argue that probably music is not a language, that is in the philosophical debate. Another point of view is to say… — Robert Fripp
We talked about politics constantly in my family growing up in North Carolina. There were always debates. Being of Greek background, it's in our blood… — Zach Galifianakis
Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress. — Mahatma Gandhi
Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort. — Mahatma Gandhi
If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation also under certain conditions is equally a duty. — Mahatma Gandhi
The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines. — Charles de Gaulle
I don't feel that an atmosphere of debate and total disagreement and argument is such a bad thing. It makes for a vital and alive… — Clifford Geertz
And by the way I don't object if people want to attack me, that's their right. All I'm suggesting that it's not going to be… — Newt Gingrich
So I'd be quite happy to have a three-hour Lincoln-Douglas-style debate with Barack Obama. I'd let him use a teleprompter. I'll just rely on knowledge.… — Newt Gingrich
Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side. — Baltasar Gracian
I actually prepared Vice President Biden for his debate in the last election. I played Sarah Palin. It's a little tough debating a woman. — Jennifer Granholm
We need a government, not politics. Because there's too much politics. Of course there should be debate. But there seems to be so much pettiness… — Daphne Guinness

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