American Quote by Dan Coats

Issues are important, yes, but issues come and go. America as an ideal is timeless.

— Paul Kengor

We may not always agree on every issue, but it's critical to listen to each other and hear all sides of an issue.

— Brian Mast

I don't mind the debates, they're good for America, but we shouldn't be out there attacking each other all the time.

— William J. Clinton

As an American, we have a right to vote and to our freedom of speech, and to voice our political views, and so I…

— Katie Walsh

We need to punch back against the extremes of both the left and the right and define the terms of the debate ourselves.

— John Avlon

If we’re going to have arguments, let’s have arguments — but let’s make them debates worthy of this body and worthy of this country.

— Barack Obama

I prefer to stay on the important issues facing the American people.

— Bernie Sanders

I think debate is good. Everyone has an opinion, and it's definitely healthy to voice those.

— Charli XCX

Everywhere I go on the campaign trail, I meet voters with a real thirst for a healthy discussion of the issues. Ultimately, people don't…

— Mike Huckabee

We will not put a lid on opinions. On the contrary, it is more important than ever that political debates are open and free,…

— Jens Stoltenberg

The only part of an argument that really matters is what we think of the people arguing.

— Anonymous

I don't like debates anyway. I have never debated anyone, I think they're a very masculine form - like an intellectual prizefight. They let…

— Gloria Steinem