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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.

Duplicity in matters of religion is not confined to Pakistan, but it hurts the most in societies where debate on religion is asphyxiated and preachers of hate have become keepers of faith.

Quotes by Asma Jahangir

Republicans - well, we're all part of the same family. We need to have some good disagreements with each other; we need to debate, but in the end, it's all about uniting, not dividing.

Quotes by Asa Hutchinson

Parliamentary obstructionism should be avoided. It is a weapon to be used in the rarest of the rare cases. Parliamentary accountability is as important as parliamentary debate. Both must coexist.

Quotes by Arun Jaitley

Sometimes when a champ wins, there's a debate about who should be next for him or her.

Quotes by Ariel Helwani

When counterterrorist policies are used to suppress peaceful protests and legitimate opposition movements, shut down debate, target human rights defenders, or stigmatize minorities, they fail, and we all lose. Indeed, such responses may cause further resentment and instability and contribute...

Quotes by Antonio Guterres

You can much better have an influence on the debate when you sit at the bargaining table and you can give input.

Quotes by Angela Merkel

The debate between the cloud and on-premise is largely dead. The cloud has become mainstream.

Quotes by Aneel Bhusri

Opinion pages have an impact on public debate, and they sometimes reveal things the government would rather have kept quiet.

Quotes by Andrew Rosenthal

The editorial page is where you'll find our opinions, while the letters columns and the space for Op-Ed contributors are a forum for debate and discussion.

Quotes by Andrew Rosenthal

No one likes when debate gets stifled, when these events get cancelled, whether it's a former president or prime minister of Israel, whether it's a discussion on a panel.

Quotes by Andrew Scheer

Jews have been harmed by the threats to freedom of opinion and debate, the punishments for candor, and the decline in rigorous standards in the academy that have accompanied progressive hegemony, which insists upon the sacrosanct status of affirmative action...

Quotes by Amy Wax

Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine.

Quotes by Amos Bronson Alcott

It's possible to be hard-boiled and not noir, just as it's possible to be noir and not hard-boiled. And it is possible to be both. People debate endlessly what is hard-boiled and what is noir.

Quotes by Allan Guthrie

Harvard is a wondrously tolerant climate for debate and exchange among a wide variety of thoughts, backgrounds, and beliefs, but the voice of religion on campus is largely inaudible.

Quotes by Alexandra Petri

I have been defending Israel's right to exist, and to defend itself against terrorism, for many years-on college campuses, in television appearances and in debate.

Quotes by Alan Dershowitz

Well, first of all, no professor should be able to say, I refuse to defend my position. I refuse to debate my position.

Quotes by Alan Dershowitz

One line draws a sharper boundary, arguing that active conflict leaves no room for public argument at all. For more on speaking out, browse Debating quotes.