Quotes About Debate

Members of the left are not interested in having a debate about policy. They are not interested in debating what is right or wrong for the country. They are interested in debating you personally. They are interested in castigating you as a nasty human being because you happen to disagree. This

That person already disagrees with you, and they're not going to be convinced by your words of wisdom and your sparkling rhetorical flourishes. The goal will be to destroy the leftist in as public a way as is humanly possible.

point out that throwing around accusations without evidence makes your opponent a piece of garbage

In fact, if your opponent thinks you're not worthy of debating, he isn't worthy of debating.

You know he's going to call you a racist, because he always calls his opponents racist.

he did it by bringing on folks from the right and then suggesting that they were evil for disagreeing with him.

Why can't you just convince me on the basis of the evidence that what you're proposing is the right solution for America?

On same-sex marriage, the question is not how same-sex marriage hurts your marriage – that's a nonsensical and stupid question, like asking how enslavement of others hurts you personally.

Morgan would later slam down that copy of the Constitution and call it "your little book" – rejecting a universally-accepted framework for discussing gun control, and throwing it in the American people's faces. Just over a year later, Piers was off the air.

The university system has been monopolized by a group of folks who believe that it's no longer worthwhile debating the evidence on tax rates, or whether the Laffer curve is right, or whether Keynesian policies actually promote economic growth. They

They are interested in castigating you as a nasty human being because you happen to disagree. This is what makes leftists leftists: an unearned sense of moral superiority over you. And

It's impressive when you're such a mysterious fictional character that even avid enthusiasts are debating your existence within the mythos.

The 'factious person' ... is the one who insists on such divisive debates even when their consequences become obvious. Such a person would rather be right than righteous, would rather maintain theoretical integrity than the health of the community. ,264

Finality is not the language of politics.

The question is this: Is man an ape or an angel? I am on the side of the angels.

Evolution and creationism both require faith. It's just a matter of where you choose to place that faith.

England is governed not by logic but by parliament.

There are exceptions to all rules, but it seldom answers to follow the advice of an opponent.

If you wish to win a man"s heart, allow him to confute you.

Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it

Persons of good sense, I have since observed, seldom fall into disputation, except lawyers, university men, and men of all sorts that have been bred at Edinburgh.

Here comes the orator! With his flood of words and his drop of reason.

134. Give no Advantage in Argument, nor lose any that is offered. This is a Benefit which arises from Temper.

He had been brought up to it from a boy, his father, as I have heard, accustoming his children to dispute with one another for his diversion, while sitting at table after dinner; but I think the practice was not wise; for, in the course of my observation, these disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.