Debate Quotes
906 Debate quotes by 694 unique authors
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That's one of the major lessons: no president should ever take this nation to war without full public debate in the Congress and/or in the…
— Robert McNamara
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I have a reputation for giving unpopular answers at Democratic debates. I never used marijuana. Sorry!
— Joe Lieberman
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This is something that I'm sure I'd have serious debates with my fellow Christians about. I think that the difficult thing about any religion, including…
— Barack Obama
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The gospel is a declaration, not a debate.
— James Stuart Stewart
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Men make their own fates - it's personal, not a matter for debate.
— Janet Morris
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Reproductive freedom means economic freedom. And that's what this debate is about.
— Diana DeGette
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The evidence at present available points strongly to the conclusion that the spirals are individual galaxies, or island universes, comparable with our own galaxy in…
— Heber Doust Curtis
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Liberals believe government should take people's earnings to give to poor people. Conservatives disagree. They think government should confiscate people's earnings and give them to…
— Walter E. Williams
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I welcome opposing viewpoints, but I should warn you that you'll be facing off against the 2nd-place finisher at the 1981 Charleston County High-School Debate…
— Stephen Colbert
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Never do I argue with a man with a desire to hear him say what is wrong, or to expose him and win victory over…
— Al-Shafi‘i
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I want to see us to explore outer space. But I want to do it safely, without the loss of human life, and democratically: where…
— Michio Kaku
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...the debate among the scientists if over. There is no more debate. We face a planetary emergency. There is no more scientific debate among serious…
— Al Gore
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Despite the international scientific community's consensus on climate change, a small number of critics continue to deny that climate change exists or that humans are…
— David Suzuki
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The true opponent in a debate on emptiness is your own ego.
— Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
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Truth is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless, by human interposition, disarmed of her natural…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The essential role of the environment is still marginal in discussions about poverty. While we continue to debate these initiatives, environmental degradation, including the loss…
— Wangari Maathai
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Our philosophy is we call it as we see it. Sometimes you agree, sometimes you don't. Robust debate is good.
— Bill O'Reilly
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No matter what the cause, even though it be to conquer with tanks and planes and modern artillery some defenseless black population, there will be…
— John T. Flynn
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It's been just a year since the RNC committed to revamp the way they help our candidates with its 'Growth and Opportunity Project,' and already…
— Karl Rove
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An opponent is entitled to the same regard for his principles as we would expect others to have for ours. Non-violence demands that we should…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Indeed one's faith in one's plans and methods is truly tested when the horizon before one is the blackest.
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Non-cooperation is an attempt to awaken the masses, to a sense of their dignity and power. This can only be done by enabling them to…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Public opinion alone can keep a society pure and healthy.
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Non-cooperation is beyond the reach of the bayonet. It has found an abiding place in the Indian heart. Workers like me will go when the…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Non-cooperation is directed not against men but against measures. It is not directed against the Governors, but against the system they administer. The roots of…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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