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.
Bipartisanship has taken us to the brink of bankruptcy. We don't need bipartisanship, we need application of principle... Where was the call for bipartisanship during the Obamacare debate? Not a single Republican voted for it. It wasn't about bipartisanship, it...
The separation of audience into tribes preferring to reinforce their own views with media of similar ideological stripe makes true debate impossible.
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Technology has allowed the creation of media echo chambers, so that a person can reinforce, rather than debate, viewpoints.
The ability of the president to be perceived as someone with whom all Israelis can identify depends on his ability to avoid being a party to debate.
Sadly, I have found that even evolution's most staunch believers are afraid to debate, because they know that their case for atheism and evolution is less than extremely weak.
If this Nation really wants to create an effective border security policy, we need to have a debate that includes a discussion about actual solutions to our problems, which means taking all of the political grandstanding and baiting out of...
If we don't believe in moral absolutes and then we get into a cultural-political debate, how are we going to win?
When you exist in the centre of a debate, as a topic, a hypothesis - otherised and stigmatised - you become the prop in a proposition.
Debate and discussions strengthen democracy but violence during protests weaken democracy.
Classroom discussion is where you learn how to debate an idea and stick with an opinion, even when others don't agree - and not take it personally, either.
The ability to control our borders stands at the heart of the debate on whether or not Britain should leave the European Union.
Every candidate goes into every debate hoping that they can own a particular moment.
I was the candidate first time a Green or any progressive third party has ever been in a national televised debate. I was in five of them. And the response from the public was overwhelming.
I hope I helped change people's preconceptions about 'Page 3' girls by appearing on Newsnight and at the Oxford Union debate.
It's wonderful that Poland is free again and there's open debate and people can pursue their interests. I'm all for it.
I mean, we're going to probably debate the Iraq war for at least as long as I'm alive.
In government, the forces of risk-aversion and constant conflict serve to stultify and narrow the range of ideas up for debate.
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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.
