Debate Quotes

If you've got the truth you can demonstrate it. Talking doesn't prove it.

I got to watch some of Hillary Clinton's debates against Barack Obama. She treated him with terrible disrespect.

Debate is so much better than denial.

When a man's life is under debate, The judge can ne'er too long deliberate.

Political debate is more interested in manipulating the truth, than finding the truth.

Debate is almost non-existent and no one is apparently accountable to anybody apart from their political party bosses. It is bad news for democracy in this country.

Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine.

Let me explain something when I'm talking about sin, and I'm talking about all sin. One of the biggest ones that has been talked about that has really become a debate in America is homosexuality.

Who wins at the end of the day? The self-satisfied people who heatedly debate some obscure details? Or the people who sidestep the entire debate and get started?

[Science doesn't deal with facts; indeed] fact is an emotion-loaded word for which there is little place in scientific debate.

The worst enemy is one whose doctrines are founded in hate and are thus beyond debate.

There is danger that totalitarian governments, not subject to vigorous popular debate, will underestimate the will and unity of democratic societies where vital interests are concerned.

I love hard political debate and I love beating somebody on a political point but what I'm more frustrated by is the politics where you play the man not the politics.

Donald Trump said prior to the debate that he wants to be very civil. He said that instead of referring to all Hispanics as criminals, he'll call them criminal Americans.

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper.

My statements aren't incomplete, they're just in-progress. It's a debate and a discussion.

I think of fans like a barbershop. I want that debate.

Oh leave the Wise our measures to collate. One thing at least is certain, light has weight. One thing is certain and the rest debate. Light rays, when near the Sun, do not go straight.

I do think it is very important that the religious communities do try to bring their teachings and their insights to bear on the stem cell debate and on the debate about genetic engineering.

I don't debate with liars.

It is, I think, good evidence of life after death

Which is ideology? Which not? You shall know them by their assertion of truth, their contempt for considered reflection, and their fear of debate.

The Senate has unlimited debate; in the House, debate is ruthlessly circumscribed. There is frequent discussion as to which technique most effectively frustrates democratic process.

We don’t have to debate about what we should think about homosexual activity, it’s written in the Bible.

Shyness is inherently uncomfortable; introversion is not. The traits do overlap, though psychologists debate to what degree.

Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.

To dispute with a drunkard is to debate with an empty house.

There is no debate here, just scientists and non-scientists. And since the subject is science, the non-scientists don't get a vote.

In a debate, rather pull to pieces the argument of thy antagonists than offer him any of thy own; for thus thou wilt fight him in his own country.

You can always debate about what you should have done. The question is what are you going to do?

I think that you can disagree with people and debate over their positions with issues without engaging in the politics of personal destruction.

Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives.

In fact, the more each person can remove his or her ego from the discussion and focus on the subject matter, the more fruitful the conversation will be for all involved.

Freedom means the right of people to assemble, organize, and debate openly.

When every one of your arguments is characterized an attempt to bring back slavery or resegregate lunch counters, it's a little hard to have any sort of productive debate.

One of the things that happens in novels it's almost like a continual debate with yourself. That's why you're writing the book. It's why you create characters: so you can argue with yourself.

You can't debate satire. Either you get it or you don't.

[Global-warming debate] some kind of tricky campaign made up by some commercial structures to promote their business projects.

He don't debate he concentrate on survivin' He don't like to drive if he's been drinkin' But he'll drink while he's drivin' He's the dude

Consider the case of a person who holds a view with probability 1. Then coherence says that it is no use having a debate with them because nothing will change their mind.

The people of this country desperately need to engage in an open and honest debate about mental health.

Whoever sets the agenda controls the outcome of the debate

Political debate is of no interest to me. What I want are practical solutions.

There is much debate in the scientific community as to the precise sources of global warming.

Political differences will always generate a healthy debate, but over time the dialogue has become more hateful and at times violent.

The national debate on Social Security has been cheapened by demagoguery on all sides.

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.

Having a debate with a modern Christian is like punching a sponge.

Are we allowed to sing? I imagine that at times, it might improve the tone of the debate.

The dinner table is a lively debate, and everybody weighs in in a different way. I like that, though.