Debate Quote by Hillary Clinton

Debates are set up for nothing more than to tear down the candidates. It's pretty hard to be able to sit and lay out…

— Rick Perry

The problem with these presidential debates like this is that you can't really prepare for them, because the questions are so individual and personal…

— Michael Gerson

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

A debate is a very specific kind of performance.

— ContraPoints

Debates are boring.

— Mario Cuomo

When you campaign and have to participate in so many debates just to the win the nomination of your party, you've had a lot…

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

I've watched presidential debates since I was a teen, and I love it.

— Stephen A. Smith

I don't think [Donald] Trump was playing rope-a-dope. He probably said, "Look, I've done these. How many debates did we do in the primaries?…

— Rush Limbaugh

If we're going to have debates, let's have real debates.

— Jim Lehrer

I cannot believe that [Donald Trump] is actually in the debates.

— Bill Burr

Some people think I enjoy debate. I don't. I wish everyone agreed with me; it would save a lot of time.

— Bill Maher

But I do think its necessary to have debates.

— Geraldine Ferraro