Debates Quotes

126 quotes by 118 authors

I think it's really unfortunate that academics have been sidelined in most important policy debates. — Juan Cole
I know it sounds trite but I wanted to make a difference. Political debates with my father had been fraught because he was uncompromising and… — Vince Cable
Polemical debates happen all the time in France. — Michel Houellebecq
I don't think it should be a surprise when we're talking about energy and trying to have more home-grown energy, be less reliant on foreign… — Amy Klobuchar
My political career goes back to the '60s and those were times of vigorous debates. — Dennis Kucinich
The Commission on Presidential Debates must be replaced if we want to have a democracy in this country. — John B. Anderson
I think it's important that campaigns be aired all the way through, that people aren't voting three weeks before, before debates are held. — Judy Woodruff
In my books I might hold the mirror to my own face. If others would like to borrow the mirror, they're welcome. The books aren't… — John Scott
The question is whether we're ready to undertake responsibility for overcoming the crisis or will again sink in debates, mutual recriminations and half-steps — Yevgeny Primakov
The debates are part of the unconscionable fraud that our political campaigns have become a format that defies meaningful discourse. They should be charged with… — Walter Cronkite
Faithiest resonated with me in many ways-not only because, like Chris, I am a gay former-Christian atheist who still thinks of my religious neighbors as… — John Corvino
It excites world wonder in the Parliamentary countries that we should build a Chamber, starting afresh, which can only seat two-thirds of its Members. It… — Winston Churchill
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
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
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
I believe an invitation from the Commission on Presidential Debates is similar to a draft notice - a civic responsibility. — Jim Lehrer
If we're going to have debates, let's have real debates. — Jim Lehrer
'Orphan Black' allows for people to have debates and theories and allegiances to different characters - to trust characters and hate other characters - but… — Tatiana Maslany
In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and wrong in what they deny. — John Stuart Mill
There is nothing wrong with intellectual differences flowing from freedom of thought as long as such differences remain confined to intellectual debates. — Pervez Musharraf

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