Quotes About Debate

One cannot refute what one has not thoroughly understood.

Whatever question arose, a swarm of these drones, without having finished their buzzing on a previous theme, flew over to the new one and by their hum drowned and obscured the voices of those who were disputing honestly.

What's all this love of arguing? No one ever convinces anyone else.

Lincoln's) experience as a lawyer compelled him not only to see that there is a principle underlying every phenomenon in human affairs, but that there are always two sides to every question, both of which must be fully understood in order to understand either, and that it is of greater advantage to an advocate to appreciate the strength than the weakness of his antagonist's position.

Congress, responding with patriotic fervor, approved the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, as it was called, with only desultory debate.

There is no one as intolerant as an open minded liberal.

People have a right to their own opinions, but not to their own facts.

History is not a set of facts but a series of arguments, issues, and controversies.

There is no disputing about taste.

I cannot quite agree with you there.

Leonard and Virginia married in August 1912. Virginia was 30. Soon after her marriage she suVered another breakdown and her mental health declined sporadically over the following year, culminating in a suicide attempt in September 1913. They were advised against having children because of Virginia's recurring depressive illness, a cause of some regret to her, and a point of much heated debate among her later biographers.

nature-versus-nurture controversy.

Unlike science, creationism cannot predict anything, and it cannot provide satisfactory answers about the past.

The problem is that no ethical system has ever achieved consensus. Ethical systems are completely unlike mathematics or science. This is a source of concern.

Unlike physics, economists don't settle things. There seems to be plenty of room for different conclusions that are still accepted in the academy.

Theology is unnecessary.

As state and federal lawmakers debate the country's energy policies and Colorado's role in the ever-expanding energy economy, let's hope they remember that unnecessary regulations stifle growth while doing nothing for public safety or health.

The people currently in charge have forgotten the first principle of an open society, namely that we may be wrong and that there has to be free discussion. That it's possible to be opposed to the policies without being unpatriotic.

When I hear things like 'unpatriotic,' I just chalk it up to a lot of political rhetoric.

I am not unaware how unpopular on this floor are the sentiments I am about to advocate.

Some conservatives say that whether it's popular or unpopular, imposing strict limits on immigration is the right thing to do, and it must be defended.

I just thought it was unconscionable for the Congress to insert itself into this debate. We are particularly unqualified to make that decision and to intrude ourselves into the lives of this family.

We can't say, 'Science, science, science,' and then say, 'Except in unrealistic climate talking points.'

Our spirits are corroded by living in an atmosphere of unrelenting contention - an argument culture.