Quotes About Debate

Academic freedom and free speech mean the right to consider ideas with which you might disagree.

Climate change is not an excuse to silence political speech.

The silence caused by politicizing speech is deafening.

American democracy is greater with free speech and open dialogue.

I have no problem with free speech, but free speech and then silencing your opposition - boy, I have a problem with that.

We are a country that believes in free speech and the open debate of ideas. We're a country that also believes in the Second Amendment and our ability to have guns. But we've got to figure out a way to keep America safe.

If the word 'No' was removed from the English language, Ian Paisley would be speechless.

Concerns about the size and role of government are what seem to leave reformers stammering and speechless in town-hall meetings. The right wants to have a debate over fundamental principles; elected Democrats seem incapable of giving it to them.

In the hundreds of hours spent in Parliament debating Brexit, I constantly think of how we could have spent our time better.

I've always had an argument with my best friend that Spider-Man was way better than Batman. I was a massive fan growing up.

So much of what we get on our news debate shows is really people spinning one way or the other, giving their talking points one way or the other.

I love lawyers. And I like to talk to lawyers, and I like to engage in a spirited discussion with lawyers.

The reason to split a court is for administrative purposes, and in the past there has been much debate about the liberal decisions of the Ninth Circuit and so forth; and people have wanted to get out of the Ninth Circuit for that reason.

I'd much rather have 15 people arguing about something than 15 people splitting into two camps, each side convinced it's right and not talking to the other.

Has there ever been a Premier League star splitting opinion more than Mesut Ozil?

I had inherited what my father called the art of the advocate, or the irritating habit of looking for the flaw in any argument.

John Kerry said today he wants to debate President Bush once a month. Hey good luck, if Bush couldn't make it to the National Guard once a month, he's not going to show up for this.

I don't know why Christians keep fighting over which is better-singleness or marriage-when it seems rather obvious, both from Scripture and from Church history, that both can glorify God.

I do not agree that the court can or should redefine marriage.

I think church and state should remain entirely separate at all costs, and that the decision of religious marriage should be of each faith to debate and decide free of political influence.

Obama and his allies are promoting a medical system that is the third leading cause of death in America. It's that stark and it's that simple.

In Vegas, I got into a long argument with the man at the roulette wheel over what I considered to be an odd number.

If you cannot prove a man wrong, don't panic. You can always call him names.

I refuse to engage in an intellectual battle with an unarmed man.