#debate

I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

#anyone #argument #debate #expect #i

I mean, we're going to probably debate the Iraq war for at least as long as I'm alive. ↗

— Paul Wolfowitz

#debate #going #i #iraq #iraq war

When I am in the Scottish Parliament chamber, I often feel the need to sit for the entire debate. It's only courteous to listen to what everyone has to say, although I often find myself desperate to say something but too scared to stand up in case I regret it. ↗

— Margo MacDonald

#am #case #chamber #courteous #debate

It should simply be an empirical matter whether the climate is changing or not and whether we're responsible. But the various sides of the debate have now become so tribal that it's no longer a matter of changing our views as more information comes in. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#changing #climate #comes #debate #empirical

Freedom means the right of people to assemble, organize, and debate openly. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#debate #freedom #freedom means #means #openly

There is always a multitude of reasons both in favor of doing a thing and against doing it. The art of debate lies in presenting them; the art of life lies in neglecting ninety-nine hundredths of them. ↗

— Mark Rutherford

#always #art #both #debate #doing

We've become more tolerant because we're tired of the debate. ↗

— Suzanne Fields

#become #debate #more #tired #tolerant

Nothing ever gets settled in this town. a seething debating society in which the debate never stops, in which people never give up, including me. And so that's the atmosphere in which you administer. ↗

— George P. Shultz

#atmosphere #debate #debating #ever #gets

Anything can go wrong in a debate, and Obama is not a perfect debater. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#debate #go #obama #perfect #wrong

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation. Lend and borrow to the maximum. ↗

— Henry Miller

#debate-fodder #intelligence #reading #wisdom #intelligence