Block Quote by Jill Stein

Debates are great for voters. The more the better.

— Tom Suozzi

Presidential primary debates are an important part of our political process. But the media has wrested complete control from the parties and candidates over…

— Mark McKinnon

These are party-sanctioned debates. This is a presidential election, you show up at the debates. These are the rules. We have a series of…

— Ryan Grim

The debates are part of the unconscionable fraud that our political campaigns have become a format that defies meaningful discourse. They should be charged…

— Walter Cronkite

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

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

In my view, republican primary debates ought to be moderated by people who would vote in a primary.

— Ted Cruz

Traditionally vice presidential debates don't move the needle one way or the other. They have largely been irrelevant and inconsequential.

— Donald Trump

Presidential and vice-presidential debates are not about campaign staff or consultants, and it is high time we as a people took control and reminded…

— Bob Barr

A lot of discussions and debates happen in our party. Isn't it good to have a democratically run party rather than a dynastic one?…

— Nirmala Sitharaman

Debate is almost non-existent and no one is apparently accountable to anybody apart from their political party bosses. It is bad news for democracy…

— Helen Suzman

The debate corporation is a corporation. It's funded by corporations. It's relayed by media corporations to the public. It's created by the two parties,…

— Ralph Nader