Debate Quotes

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I will conduct a respectful debate. Now, it will be dispirited -- it will be spirited -- because there are stark differences. I am a… — John McCain
My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total, and I am not going to sit here and be an idle… — Barbara Jordan
Even within traditional universities there has always been debate about whether it wouldn't be better to focus on only one course at a time. — Philip Greenspun
The 'Big Green Debate' has entered a very interesting stage. Once there was endless controversy; now there is near unanimity. Once there was universal political… — Jonathon Porritt
The Sophists' paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an entertainer. — David Antin
The essence of totalitarian government, and perhaps the nature of every bureaucracy, is to make functionaries and mere cogs in the administrative machinery out of… — Hannah Arendt
You can always debate about what you should have done. The question is what are you going to do? — Hubert H. Humphrey
We are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration! — Hillary Clinton
Anyone who clings to the historically untrue-and thoroughly immoral-doctrine that, 'violence never settles anything' I would advise to conjure the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and… — Robert A. Heinlein
If there is an ‘overabundance' of an idea in the absence of direct governmental action -- which there well might be when compared with some… — Elena Kagan
I will tell you that I had a mother last night come up to me here in Tampa, Florida, after the debate. She told me… — Michele Bachmann
Tolerance once meant that we could use our reason to discern good and evil in open debate. Today tolerance has been used to call good… — Charles Colson
Much of the debate over global warming is predicated on fear, rather than science. — James Inhofe
Every family has a story that it tells itself, that it passes on to the children and grandchildren. The story grows over the years, mutates,… — A.M. Homes
Why does the left hate free speech? Because they don't know how to talk about the substantive merits when they are challenged. Having submerged themselves… — Ann Althouse
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. His heart sank as he… — George Orwell
Like the vast majority of Americans, I've opposed same-sex marriage, but I've also opposed unjust discrimination against anyone, for racial or religious reasons, or for… — Mitt Romney
To dispute with a drunkard is to debate with an empty house. — Publilius Syrus
Among German historians, there's really not much debate about whether or not Hitler was a social Darwinist. He clearly was drawing on Darwinian ideas. — Richard Weikart
Pro-choice and pro-life activists live in different worlds, and the scope of their lives, as both adults and children, fortifies them in their belief that… — Unknown Author
Fantastically, Australia is still the lucky country. We have the flawed but necessary gift of democracy. Currently there is a debate about whether there is… — Unknown Author
We have a natural constant craving for leadership. Democracy is always a fragile and imperfect achievement. Yet a distinct feeling of malaise in our political… — Tim Soutphommasane
If I tell you that I would be disobeying the god and on that account it is impossible for me to keep quiet, you won't… — Socrates
Global warming is such a politically charged issue that we are losing our perspective on the issue and more importantly losing an open forum from… — Topper Shutt
We have a policy at Greenpeace that we no longer debate people who don't accept the scientific reality of anthropogenic climate change. — Unknown Author

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