Debate Quotes - Page 38

• Social Security Works! puts expanding Social Security front and center on the national agenda, where it belongs. Everyone who has a stake in the debate should read this important book.

  Bernie Sanders

  Book, Important, Agendas

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• In all disputes, a point is arrived at where no party, no matter how right or wrong it might have been at the start of that dispute, will any longer be totally in the right or totally in the wrong. Such a point I believe, has been reached in this debate... Let us not equivocate. A tragedy of unprecedented proportions is unfolding in Africa.

  Nelson Mandela

  Party, Believe, Tragedy

  "Mandela's Aids speech: Excerpts". news.bbc.co.uk. July 14, 2000.

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• If you are a conservative you can never get anything wrong. I was very proud of the fact that I didn't get anything wrong that I said during the course of the debates.

  Michele Bachmann

  Proud, Facts, Conservative

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• The magical thinking encouraged by any belief in the supernatural, combined with the vilification of rationality and skepticism, is more conducive to conspiracy theories than it is to productive political debate.

  Wendy Kaminer

  Thinking, Political, Belief

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• If you are a minority or an interest group, the Democrats will hold the debate at your house. Whereas Republicans take a slightly different approach: they have a big tent - you're just not allowed in it.

  Jon Stewart

  House, Groups, Different

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• Whenever people are being intellectually dishonest in debate, it is an implicit concession they have lost the fight

  Barney Frank

  Fighting, People, Lost

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• But we may want to keep in mind that deeds and words are not as distinguishable as often we presume. History does not belong only to its narrators, professional or amateur. While some of us debate what history is or was, others take it into their own hands.

  Michel-Rolph Trouillot

  Hands, Deeds And Words, Mind

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• Watching the debate this afternoon it was apparent they loved term limits in the House - as Brutus loved Caesar.

  Bill Moyers

  House, Term Limits, Afternoon

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• People who reject transcendent authority can no longer persuade one another through rational arguments; everything is reduced to personal opinion. Debates about ideas thus degenerate into power struggles; we're left with no moral standard by which to measure the common good. For that matter, how can there be a 'common good' without an objective standard of truth?

  Charles Colson

  Struggle, Personal Opinions, Ideas

  Charles Colson (2011). “The Sky Is Not Falling: Living Feaerlessly in These Turbulent Times”, p.15, Worthy Publishing

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• A republican form of government requires four standards: It demands a highly educated population manifesting critical thinking that participates in the affairs of the nation. It requires that citizens invest in a similar moral code. It insists on a mutual ethical system abided by all. It must engender a single language whereby all citizens can discuss, debate, come to resolution and initiate mutual beneficial action for their society.

  Frosty Wooldridge

  Thinking, Government, Citizens

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• Year after year in Washington, budget debates seem to come down to an old, tired argument: on one side, those who want more government, regardless of the cost; on the other, those who want less government, regardless of the need....Government has a role, and an important role. Yet, too much government crowds out initiative and hard work, private charity and the private economy....Government should be active, but limited; engaged, but not overbearing.

  George W. Bush

  Hard Work, Tired, Years

  Address to Joint Session of Congress, delivered 27 February 2001

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• When a politician says the debate is over, you can be sure of two things; the debate is raging; and he's losing it.

  George Will

  Two, Over You, Losing

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• I like the debate, but I don't really like the fight. I don't like being in the ring. I'm not competitive.

  Zoe Bell

  Fighting, Rings

  Source: collider.com

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• Hundreds of scientists from around the world are gathering in Washington, D.C. for what some say could be a historic meeting. They are attending an international summit to debate one of the most controversial subjects in modern science , editing human DNA.

  Linda Wertheimer

  Editing, Dna, World

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Even as the government dominates the headlines, private entrepreneurs are busy every day working to improve products and services that improve our lives. They do it without taxing us or regulating us, or making us suffer through tedious elections or political debates. They make their products and offer them to us in a way that pleases the consuming public the most. We can choose whether we want them or not.

  Llewellyn Rockwell

  Government, Entrepreneur, Political

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• I think the global warming debate is now pretty much over and people recognize the need associated with providing sources which do not generate the heat that is currently provided by fossil fuels. I concur that climate change is beginning to [have an] effect on our natural resources and that now is the time to take action.

  Mitt Romney

  Thinking, People, Climate

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• On the issue of Iraq, it is my hope, and my challenge to my colleagues, that our debate will be based on what is best for the future of our nation and for Iraq, not what's best for a political party or presidential campaign.

  Mitch McConnell

  Party, Iraq, Issues

  "McConnell touts prospect of divided government". www.cnn.com. January 3, 2007.

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• If John McCain wants to have a debate about who has the temperament, and judgment, to serve as the next Commander-in-Chief, that's a debate I'm ready to have.

  Barack Obama

  Want, Next, Judgment

  Democratic National Convention Presidential Nomination Acceptance, delivered 28 August 2008, INVESCO Field at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado

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• You can't let the debate of the day mask the fact that Canadians care deeply in their country. Including Quebecers - from all origins and language. Quebecers care deeply about their country. The idea of Canada and its unity is not something that is set in stone forever, or that is solved. We need to always work towards building this country.

  Jean Charest

  Country, Ideas, Forever

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• The United States is in the midst of many spirited political debates about national priorities and public spending... However, we have found that science is an area where both political parties can find common ground, and in which political change does not necessarily create discontinuities.

  John Gibbons

  Party, Priorities, Political

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• To those of us who have been following the climate debate for decades, the next few years will be electrifying. There is a high probability we will witness the crackup of one of the most influential scientific paradigms of the 20th century, and the implications for policy and global politics could be staggering.

  Ross McKitrick

  Years, Next, Climate

  "IPCC models getting mushy". business.financialpost.com. September 16, 2013.

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• Well, I think the way to go is civil unions. But I do think when you talk about the Republican Party and the debates that are going on within the Republican Party on a number of issues, what I'm hoping is that they will get to a point where they will work with us on moving forward with this economy.

  Amy Klobuchar

  Party, Moving, Thinking

  "State Of The Union With John King", transcripts.cnn.com. April 19, 2009.

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• Perfect goodness can never debate about the end to be attained, and perfect wisdom cannot debate about the means most suited to achieve it.

  C. S. Lewis

  Mean, Perfect, Achieve

  C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.79, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Of course, when you're doing something that's unexpected, people are going to have a very specific point of view about it, but I think it's all good to have a healthy debate about who Hitchcock was and what that means to people. He means a lot of different things to a lot of different people because the films are so great. If the movies were not great, no one would be bothering to show any interest.

  Sacha Gervasi

  Mean, Thinking, Views

  Source: collider.com

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• People are trying to make decisions about whether they should vaccinate their children or not, which is still a big debate. It's something that is a true fear for people. So, when we were getting into the story, in these first few episodes, and you're seeing these people who are at the top of the CDC, they should have every answer. It's almost like a God complex.

  Kyra Zagorsky

  Children, Should Have, People

  Source: collider.com

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