Quotes About Debate

Basically, whenever someone says they're wrong, conservatives too often fall back on claims that those who disagree with them are biased and thus worthy of being ignored, a convenient position that allows them to avoid debating uncomfortable criticisms.

Any war or conflict you enter where you are likely to lose more Americans and expend more treasure is something worthy of very detailed debate. There ought to be a lot of skepticism. There ought to be a lot of discussion.

If I told you I was a Republican and you were a Democrat, no matter what I said after that, it would be tempered with your opinions.

People still think there's sort of a debate around the Charter that politicos go into. And I get wrapped up in it, too, from time to time.

It's going to take me less time to wreck Ben Shapiro than it took me to curl my hair.

In a way, the debate about Margaret Thatcher in Britain has just gotten fossilized in this notion that she is either this she-devil who wrecked the industrial base of the country and ruined the lives of millions, or she is the blessed Margaret who saved the nation and rescued us from our post-war decline.

I'd like to talk to Sean Hannity in a controlled environment and say, 'O.K., you can't interrupt and jump up and down like a professional wrestler.'

The contest between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders offered such a bright and bracing contrast to all those professional wrestlers emerging from the RNC's clown car.

Wrestling has always been on that edge of a cliff in many areas as far as what is politically correct and not.

In all the debate about Afghanistan, we don't hear much about our obligation to the wretched lives of Afghan women. They are being treated as collateral damage as the big boys discuss geopolitical goals.

Dialogue is the most fun to write. It's kind of like a tennis match.

Writers who take on polarising issues are apt to step on a few toes.

Don't let people make mistakes. At least play the devil's advocateand explain why they might be making one.

I've always found that a really lively argument depends on the ignorance of the combatants.

Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all others are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself.

One horse-laugh is worth ten-thousand syllogisms.

Words used for the purpose of fighting lose their quality of speech; they become clichés. The extent to which clichés have crept into our everyday language and discussions may well indicate the degree to which we not only have deprived ourselves of the faculty of speech, but are ready to use more effective means of violence than bad books (and only bad books can be good weapons) with which to settle our arguments.

it is rare to meet people who believe they possess the truth; instead, we are constantly confronted by those who are sure that they are right.

The topic of slavery is like an electric fence. Touch it and people will react.

The way I knew I was right about something was the kids got angry. That's very important: you touch that anger.

One of the earliest resurrection scenes in the Bible is that of Thomas demanding evidence - he wanted to see, to touch, to prove. Those who question and probe and debate are heirs of the apostles just as much as the most fervent of believers.

Censorship is a touchy subject, all the way around.

My goal in Baghdad was to facilitate a debate here in the United States on America's policy toward Iraq, a debate that's been sadly lacking.

To the chagrin of many, the media gravitates towards controversy.