Debate Quotes

"When students participate in debate, they learn to study issues in depth and from perspectives, a skill I use everyday in the Senate."

"This debate is certainly not over."

"If I tell you that I would be disobeying the god and on that account it is impossible for me to keep quiet, you won't be persuaded by me, taking it that I am ionizing. And if I tell you that it is the greatest good for a human being to have discussions every day about virtue and the other things you hear me talking about, examining myself and others, and that the unexamined life is not livable for a human being, you will be even less persuaded."

"And while I at length debate and beat the bush, There shall step in other men and catch the birds"

"We were committed at the time of the convention, and through the last debate, to put a free vote to the next Parliament on this issue, ... It will be a genuinely free vote when I am prime minister. I will not whip the cabinet; cabinet can vote as they want."

"I saw a clear majority here this morning indicating support for the direction we're taking the party, but the debate will always signal that when we are dealing with things related to uranium or nuclear that there are concerns ? environmental and otherwise ?"

"What passes for real debate in Washington often seems more like an echo chamber, with politicians talking at politicians."

"It is time to shine the spotlight on those who have seized upon the immigration debate as an opportunity to advance their agenda of hate, bigotry and white supremacy. This report reminds us that there is a direct connection between the national policy debate and the atmosphere surrounding the daily lives of immigrants. Extremist groups are seeking to exploit the flow of foreign workers into this country to spread a message of xenophobia, to promote hateful stereotypes and to incite bigotry and violence against Hispanics, regardless of their status as citizens."

"There will be a healthy debate as to the mayor's inability to manage the public school system in his own city. There will be a healthy debate as to why Baltimore City is one of the most violent cities in America."

"The GOP was the party of Joe McCarthy. . . . Now, though, it is the Democrats who . . . stifle debate and smother thought."

"Opinions are formed in a process of open discussion and public debate, and where no opportunity for the forming of opinions exists, there may be moods /moods of the masses and moods of individuals, the latter no less fickle and unreliable than the former /but no opinion."

"The debate in Washington will focus on ideology, ... will be no less important."

"The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information."

"Legislators will debate the issue of how much the program should be funded. So we're waiting for the funding process to be completed and we just don't know when that will actually occur."

"The big debate at E3 will be over whether graphics and sound are king [as in console games] or whether we want to be able to play others at any time [as in Internet-connected games], ... Nobody has the answer yet. If network gaming wins, you can bet game console sales would slow."

"The big debate at E3 will be over whether graphics and sound are king [as in console games] or whether we want to be able to play others at any time [as in Internet-connected games]. Nobody has the answer yet. If network gaming wins, you can bet game console sales would slow."

"I think we were very successful in raising the debate. I don't think we were successful in resolving it."

"There has been great debate and interest around the NAB Cup with these rules and there will be plenty of debate for weeks to come and we look forward to it."

"I think if Gore does Bush in on the first debate, Bush would be smart to open it up to four debates. Because if he can't handle Al Gore maybe he wants to let me do the job."

"We are entitled to a great national debate, ... and we shouldn't shy away from it."