Quotes About Debate

I think all priests should be married.

Anybody can decide a question if only a single principle is in controversy.

Science can tell us what can be done in principle, but it is then a matter for public debate as to what should be done. And ultimately, it is a role for politicians to decide the answers.

Our democracy is as strong as we make it. Its founding principle is that we voice our opinions, and that we are willing to argue for what we believe in.

Cabinet government rests on the principle of collective responsibility: Ministers debate and argue in private but then hammer out a common policy which they all agree to support.

I understand the principles of dissent in parliament.

Our country was founded upon the principles of debate and compromise.

Conservatives have the advantage of knowing how to debate each other on issues, principles, and priorities, and that is where they should engage Trump.

We're never going to come to a moment where all of us who claim to be feminists can agree about what the first priority of feminism is.

The fact that technology makes it so easy to misuse personal information and encroach on a persons privacy has triggered a debate over whether Indias privacy laws are adequate to protect people.

ERA means abortion funding, means homosexual privileges, means whatever else.

I'm not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.

I have a big problem with Islam.

Problematic' is one of these meaningless jargon words that people on the internet outrage circles throw at one another.

'Intelligent Design,' the relabeled, repackaged form of American creationism, has always had a problem. It just can't seem to produce any evidence.

There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking.

We become distracted from productive labors by our perceived opponents; we become focused on them and not on our larger calling to advance our nation; our debate becomes more about scoring points against an adversary and less about advancing our common cause.

When every one of your arguments is characterized an attempt to bring back slavery or resegregate lunch counters, it's a little hard to have any sort of productive debate.

Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?

Not everyone agrees. If you disagree with me, I want you to tell me, and I'm going to come back and tell you why it's my opinion.

It's much more fun to talk to an audience that includes a lot of people who disagree with me.

An idea you disagree with has to be fought with a better idea.

If you disagree with me about a position I have taken, or what I've done, tell me, argue with me, debate. Sometimes, right and good are not that clear; at other times, it is only deliberate and respectful debate that leads us to understand what road we should take.

I disagree with everything John Updike has ever said.