#deb

Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine. ↗

— Amos Bronson Alcott

#debate #feminine #masculine

The Sophists' paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an entertainer. ↗

— David Antin

#debates #entertainer #entertainment #greece #paradoxical

That so many thousands of children around the world are available for adoption is a sign of our impoverished humanity. That so many persons around the world open their hearts and homes each year to embrace a few of these children is a lasting testimony to humanity's enduring nobility. ↗

— Deborah A. Beasley

#deborah-beasley #family-relationships #foster-care #parenting #psycology

The Soul debases her self, when she sets her affections on any thing but her creator. ↗

— Mary Astell

#any #creator #debases #her #self

We need to punch back against the extremes of both the left and the right and define the terms of the debate ourselves. ↗

— John Avlon

#back #both #debate #define #extremes

All of the problems we're facing with debt are manmade problems. We created them. It's called fantasy economics. Fantasy economics only works in a fantasy world. It doesn't work in reality. ↗

— Michele Bachmann

#created #debt #economics #facing #fantasy

The middle and working classes are paying the debt that the financial markets created. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#created #debt #financial #financial markets #markets

A church debt is the devil's salary. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#debt #devil #salary

Filibusters should require 35 senators to... make a commitment to continually debate an issue in reality, not just in theory. The number of votes needed to overcome a filibuster should be reduced to 55 from 60. ↗

— Evan Bayh

#continually #debate #filibuster #issue #just

To date, every American citizen has nearly $27,000 in public debt riding on our backs. ↗

— Paul Gillmor

#american citizen #backs #citizen #date #debt