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It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

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I can assure you we are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the president encourages vigorous debate. ↗

— Karen Hughes

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Unfortunately, you know, working in a spirit of cooperation and respect requires someone else to reach back, and I don't think that's happened and it's been disappointing because the debate in our country has become so rancorous. ↗

— Karen Hughes

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Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine. ↗

— Amos Bronson Alcott

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Since we enacted the PATRIOT Act almost three years ago, there has been tremendous public debate about its breadth and implications on due process and privacy. ↗

— Howard Berman

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A little tough talk in the midst of a campaign or as part of a presidential debate cannot obscure a record of 30 years of being on the wrong side of defense issues. ↗

— Dick Cheney

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I refer, of course, to the debts our nation has amassed for itself over decades of indulgence. It is the new Red Menace, this time consisting of ink. We can debate its origins endlessly and search for villains on ideological grounds, but the reality is pure arithmetic. ↗

— Mitch Daniels

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Well, first of all, no professor should be able to say, I refuse to defend my position. I refuse to debate my position. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

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The national debate on Social Security has been cheapened by demagoguery on all sides. ↗

— Bill Delahunt

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There is an ongoing debate about the reform of the U.N. system. ↗

— Joschka Fischer

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