Quotes About Debate

Israel fights back, which is very much at odds with the Jewish instinct to discuss and deconstruct everything until action itself seems senseless.

I have no wish to offend, but I do think that holy cows need challenging.

Seriously, we all need to get over being offended every time someone says something you don't agree with. Guess what? That's life. And I'd rather have that life any day than only hear from people who agree with me.

The root of nearly every free-speech infringement on campuses across the country is that someone - almost always a liberal - has been offended or has sniffed out a potential offense in the making.

I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive.

Abortion is either OK or it's not.

It's OK to say whatever you want. It's a free country. And it's also OK for the rest of us to say 'We don't like what you're saying.' That's actually our job as members of Congress.

My old man used to say that I would argue the hind leg of a donkey. If I didn't agree with something, I wasn't prepared to accept it.

You have one party that's in favor of open borders, and you have one party that wants to secure the border. And all day long, the American people are going to side with the party that wants to secure the border.

I'm very keen that we have this debate about the good parts of inequality and the bad parts of inequality. It's not a one-sided thing.

To be forced to defend oneself is an inherently undesirable position to be in. The focus shifts from ideas to the person conveying them.

Sometimes I'll be reading something online and just get so frustrated because of what people are saying.

American power in the world relies on these ideals of openness and critical debate.

I hear what people have said about what they want to see the Opera House used for and what they don't want to see it used for.

In Australia, I think, there's so much baggage with it. You just mention 'Snowtown,' and everyone's got an opinion about it.

Everyone is entitled to our opinion.

Even with ex-fighters as judges, it doesn't mean they can score a fight, you'd still end up with debate and opinion.

Everyone has an opinion, and the guy screaming for censorship may be the next guy to have his ideas cut off.

I am opinionated and want to be part of the conversations.

Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions.

By isolating ourselves from those with whose opinions we disagree, we lose the ability to defend our beliefs.

Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against.

You're entitled your own opinions, but you're not entitled to your own facts.

If we can't agree on objective truth, then how are we ever going to agree on opinions?