Debate Quotes

We shall seek debate without division or rancour.

Debates must take place in an atmosphere of courtesy.

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

I think it's critical that we return national security issues to the center of the overall political debate in America.

And while I at length debate and beate the bush, There shall steppe in other men and catch the burdes.

If the [Republican] party wants to have an ideological debate, it's never going to win anything in a major way.

Bin Laden’s death and the debate over torture.

My patriotism and my conscience required me to support it and to engage in the debate over whether and how to fight it.

The debate analysis in the media is rampant with contest analogies of war, baseball, boxing, football; you name it. Any testosterone contest imaginable is fair game.

Had Windham possessed discretion in debate, or Sheridan in conduct, they might have ruled their age.

I don't think this debate is negative, it is enriching

As the 109th Congress continues to debate legislation that will affect the lives of immigrants, it is important for us to remember that we are a nation of immigrants.

My voice is still for war. Gods! can a Roman senate long debate Which of the two to choose, slavery or death?

I think that you have a situation where one political party, in specific, if you watched the Republican debate, it's all about terrorism.

It's funny when people debate about music, because they get so passionate about what they enjoy.

I'm a talker. I love a good debate.

Most people would agree that the details matter when it faces the user. But where the real debate is on things that don't face the user.

I've come to learn that the best time to debate family members is when they have good in their mouths.

Dialogue means debates and everyone's point of view.

All we do is bring the debate from both sides, and let you as a viewer decide where you want to end up on the issue. That's very important. That's exactly what happens in 'Redemption Inc.'

Whether thats positive or not, people are talking about the Old Vic Theater again with passion and commitment and controversy and debate.

The best ideas in the world will accomplish nothing if you leave them on paper. Talk about them. Debate, discuss, argue. Put them into action. Then you can change the world.

It is futile to debate on what is wrong and right with people whose remorse is not their punishment, nor is it reasonable to care about their promise and criticism.

If you are feeling overly optimistic the Republican Candidates Debate is on.

When you look at that debate stage, Mitt Romney could have dominated it maybe.

Of course it was always a friendly debate though sometimes I got too loud.

There are certainly major differences between Poland's policies and those of the old EU countries. Debates are going on in Brussels over a shared foreign policy and even a shared foreign minister.

To debate political objectives, views, and goals is the most American thing conceivable.

Let no one ever think for a moment that national debate means national division.

He who writes the Resolved Clause, wins the debate.

Political success is often dependent on the ability to be heard above the din of controversy and debate and to set a course with one's own compass.

Indeed one's faith in one's plans and methods is truly tested when the horizon before one is the blackest.

Journalism is a way of voicing opinion, of participating in the political, social, or cultural debate.

For the Democrats, they're trying to avoid having the [Ben] Sanders- [Hillary] Clinton debate over and over again. But, to some degree, they're sentenced to that debate.

I am to cover the philosophical side of the debate and so far my only thought is that reading keeps you from going gaga.

Obviously, we're all going to die at some point. Whether or not we are fated to die in some way I think is debatable. I just don't know which side to debate.

I make it a policy every election to only debate once, Democrats and Progressives. And I will say that the way that you have acted, very candidly, has been dishonorable in this entire campaign.

The debate was a chance for senator [Bernie] Sanders to have a game-changing moment to recapture the news cycle and build momentum going into 2016 and he took his best shot at having a moment.

It's nice to have a debate in a swing state.

Michael Jackson fundamentally altered the terms of the debate about African American music.

I want there to be an open and positive debate about the path the country will now take. Whatever the verdict of that debate I will respect it.

Maybe it's a sick fantasy of mine, but I am really looking forward to a debate between a general and a deserter. Plus, I really want to hear President Bush have to say, "Yes, General, No, General."

My goal is first of all to promote a public debate about where markets serve the public good and where they don't belong. That's my first goal.

I'm a supporter of embryonic stem cell research. I do think there are very important moral and also religious questions at stake in the debate over embryonic stem cell research.

Ted Cruz is trying to have a one-on-one debate with Donald Trump.

Why was Donald Trump's decision not to participate in the Fox debate such a big deal?

I'm the only one that can take the debate to Barack Obama and win and be elected.

He who defines the terms, controls the debate.

Why didn’t you talk about whether women are funny or not? I just felt that by commenting on that in any real way, it would be tacit approval of it as a legitimate debate, which it isn’t.

I don't ever remember being able to debate with my parents. Even though I thought of myself as a very bright kid, I couldn't be vocal in that way.