- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Debate Quotes
On the value and the limits of arguing things out.
This page brings together debate quotes that start from a simple premise, that airing disagreement openly has real merit, before moving into frustration with reform talks that treat serious problems like minor fixes. See also Debates quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Morality
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the continuing debate over the morality of enhanced interrogation, an essential consideration is often overlooked: intent.
- Opinion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have... been disturbed by the negative tone of the debate over immigration... there is a rising crescendo of opinion from columnists and politicians saying we should reduce our immigration intake.
- Performance
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1960, John F. Kennedy rode a superior televised debate performance to victory over Richard Nixon.
- Nov 07, 2020
I don't debate with liars.
- Filibuster
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- Nov 07, 2020
Filibusters should require 35 senators to... make a commitment to continually debate an issue in reality, not just in theory. The number of votes needed to overcome a filibuster should be reduced to 55 from 60.
- Election
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first half of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report, even in redacted form, leaves no room for debate: This president and his campaign eagerly exploited help from Russian agents, despite being aware that Russia was sabotaging our election.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
Much of our national debate proceeds as if China and America were locked in a zero-sum game in which one's loss is precisely the other's gain.
- Empowers
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- Nov 07, 2020
The myth of the liberal media empowers conservatives to control debate in the United States to the point where liberals cannot even hope for a fair shake anymore.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.
- Nov 07, 2020
Religion enabled society to organise itself to debate goodness, just as Greek drama had once done.
- Dishonest
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- Nov 07, 2020
Squelching debate by branding it un-American is dishonest, dangerous, and, in itself, hateful.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let's start to have a grown up debate in this country about who we are and where we want to go and what kind of country we want to build.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the reasons a strategist never sits in a stadium and gets caught up in the crowds - and never sits watching a debate in person - is because the vast majority of American voters watch these political events on television.
- Healthy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Healthy debate has been replaced by automatic sensors that eliminate the need for actual talking during a filibuster - a la 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.' Robust debate is necessary in a democratic society. Instead, our discourse has been relegated to media spin by expert entertainers.
- Compromise
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- Nov 07, 2020