Quotes About Debate

The public knows how many good things there are as part of the Affordable Care Act. The Republicans say they're going to repeal. They don't know what to replace it with.

The whole, 'Is the internet a good thing or a bad thing'? We're done with that. It's just a thing. How to maximise its civic value, its public good - that's the really big challenge.

However good an argument in philosophy may happen to be, it is generally not good enough.

People perceive her [Jill Stein ] as hurting [Hillary] Clinton. I think she's doing very well. I don't think the numbers will be good enough for them to be in the debate.

Although I felt I was quite good at criticising a philosophical position, I was not very good at defending and making a case for a philosophical position.

Public reason arguments can be good or bad just like other arguments.

Capital punishment is the source of many an argument, both good and bad.

Jeb Bush is very good on immigration, he's very good on education. He's a smart guy.

My goal is first of all to promote a public debate about where markets serve the public good and where they don't belong. That's my first goal.

Most good art is left wing. It's a moot point whether there is any good right-wing art.

You can talk good ideas out of existence.

If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question.

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.

Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee.

The federal government seeks to control and regulate the Internet, but the last thing this Congress should be doing is trying to stifle public debate online.

There is danger that totalitarian governments, not subject to vigorous popular debate, will underestimate the will and unity of democratic societies where vital interests are concerned.

It's easier for opposition members to condemn the government at the drop of a hat if they don't understand.

Convinced as I am and as I am from my government that the world needs a new moral architecture over all I believe that this should be the first topic to debate in our world of today, ethics, moral.

The basis of the First Amendment is the hypothesis that speech can rebut speech, propaganda will answer propaganda, free debate of ideas will result in the wisest governmental policies.

These are the same people who believe, in some cases, the federal government should not play any role in providing health care to our people or protecting the environment.

What we are seeing is there is a lot of anger out there about the failure of the government to resolve the immigration crisis.

Normally, the opposition gets more media space and even the people find it interesting to listen to voices against the government of the day.

You cannot be a party in stagnation. You have to have the constant reinvigoration of fresher ideas and the debate in terms of role of government and the rest is as ancient as - as old as America.

I have always been aware that you have to get people listening before you can change their minds. Any artist's big fear is being ignored, so if you get debate, that's great.