Debate Quotes

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Baby names are a big debate in my family. Like true Colombian and Puerto Rican families, everybody and their mother is putting their two cents… — Paula Garces
The spring of 1942 was given over to a very impassioned, strategic debate about where we should first attack in counterpunching against the Germans and… — Rick Atkinson
Michael Jackson fundamentally altered the terms of the debate about African American music. Remember, he was a chocolate, cherubic-faced genius with an African American halo.… — Michael Eric Dyson
The whole debate on what food is best for us is complex, ongoing and often controlled by vested interests. — Jasper Carrott
There has long been a debate in the aid community and in Africa about how to most effectively help situations of poverty in developing nations… — Marcus Samuelsson
Do freshman philosophy classes nowadays debate updated versions of the age-old questions? Like, how could a merciful God allow AIDS, childhood cancers, tsunamis and Dick… — Dick Cavett
Newt Gingrich would cream Barack Obama in a debate. — Monica Crowley
The debate analysis in the media is rampant with contest analogies of war, baseball, boxing, football; you name it. Any testosterone contest imaginable is fair… — Jonathan Raymond
Politics is - once in a while - a forum for serious debate about political philosophy. — P.J. O'Rourke
I am certain that there are extremists on both sides of the gun control debate in Hawaii, as in the rest of the nation. However,… — Colleen Hanabusa
Since January 2003, at the height of the debate on the possible unilateral strike against Iraq, I have advocated for a reinstatement of the military… — Charles B. Rangel
The Constitution is very clear on the - on the declaration of war or reacting to international crimes - crimes against nations. It is the… — Joe Pitts
During the summer of 2009, the debate on health care reform was emotional and intense. At its best, it represented the free exchange of ideas… — Chellie Pingree
Often times, political games prevent senators from even beginning to debate some of the most important issues. — Michael Bennet
I entered the health care debate in response to a statement in the United States press in summer 2009 which claimed the National Health Service… — Stephen Hawking
The political climate during a campaign is not the best climate for reasonable debate. — Jose Mujica
There is a heated debate in Turkey these days over whether the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is furthering democracy or rolling it… — Mustafa Akyol
The Internet has compromised the quality of debate. — Noam Chomsky
There is still much debate about whether torture has been effective in eliciting information - the assumption being, apparently, that if it is effective, then… — Noam Chomsky
Behind the criticism of fashion as an artistic medium is a highly ideological prejudice: against markets, against consumers, against the dynamism of Western commercial society.… — Virginia Postrel
I believe that the topic of chemical weapons is critically important for international peace and security, and I take note of the ongoing debate over… — Ban Ki-moon
On July 2, 1964, President Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act. Its enactment, following the longest continuous debate in the history of the… — Thomas Perez
Talk radio is an asset to our nation because it encourages strong and healthy debate about public policy, and there is no reason to affect… — Tim Walberg
Polygraphs have sparked a fierce debate for at least a century. — Bill Dedman
I always set out to tell a good story, to create a character that young people can relate to, place them in a situation that… — Lois Lowry

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