Quotes About Debate

There are people who are opposed to all philosophy and one does well to listen to them.

If there are any persons who contest a received opinion ... let us thank them for it, open our minds to listen to them, and rejoice that there is some one to do for us what we otherwise ought, if we have any regard for either the certainty or the vitality of our convictions, to do with much greater labor for ourselves. —John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

The biggest wars are the wars of thought. The Oldest Soldier

The hardest thing to find in the world today is an argument. Because so few are thinking, naturally there are found but few to argue. Prejudice there is in abundance and sentiment too, for these things are born of enthusiasms without the pain of labor. Thinking, on the contrary, is a difficult task; it is the hardest work a man can do — that is perhaps why so few indulge in it.

discussion is also a most excellent means to avoid -decision-

Erasmus argued that the father of the Reformation was wrong—that man does have free will.

By trying to advance the perfect conservative solution, nobody wins.

Until the Right wins for once, I have no interest in arguing with the alt-right or disavowing anyone.

Sometimes when a champ wins, there's a debate about who should be next for him or her.

In the first debate the bulges create the impression of a letter T with a small feature which appears similar to a wire under the jacket running upward from the right.

Oh leave the Wise our measures to collate. One thing at least is certain, light has weight. One thing is certain and the rest debate. Light rays, when near the Sun, do not go straight.

Maybe politically it wasn't wise but when people have different view points I think the public has a right to hear it and the public has a right to make decisions based on those view points.

Wise men argue causes; fools decide them.

Even the weakest disputant is made so conceited by what he calls religion, as to think himself wiser than the wisest who think differently from him.

I'm liberal on every social aspect, probably. More liberal than people would even believe. But there's still some of that Texas in me, as far as the gun debate. I wish there were no guns; I'm all for gun restrictions. But I'm also of the mind-set, if nothing changes, I'm getting a gun.

To those who wish to shape the nation's political dialogue, social media is dangerous.

The debate on healthcare was not done like most of our conferences are done - meaning it was not all on television. There was this procedural feeling that the bill wasn't done thoroughly and didn't reflect peoples' wishes. It's not coincidence that upwards of 60 percent of folks in my district are against it.

Politicians wishing to set a better tone should have the discipline to avoid televised cage matches.

We have several million Muslims in France who are mostly moderates or non-practicing. If they feel that it is the only subject in public debate, they won't feel at home and will be tempted to withdraw to their communities.

Without a way to make regular, positive deposits in social relationships that bridge political lines, every civic debate is a withdrawal without social reserves, leaving people perpetually overdrawn.

I will withhold federal funding from universities that shut down debate and can't stand different points of view.

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.

What we have to do... is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities.

Those who invalidate reason ought seriously to consider whether they argue against reason with or without reason.