#debate

I can't ever remember sitting around and saying, 'gosh let's hurry up and get these debates going, that'll win it for me.' Nope. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

#debates #ever #get #going #gosh

For the life of me, I don't understand what honest motive there is in putting this in front of this body to philosophically debate marriage on a constitutional amendment that is not going to happen, and which is enormously divisive in all of our communities. ↗

— Dianne Feinstein

#body #communities #constitutional #constitutional amendment #debate

The debate we won't be having is whether or not the debt ceiling should be raised. We will not have a situation where people will hold the American economy hostage in order to achieve a specific agenda - at least not until 2013. So we think that is incredibly important as a matter of economic good. ↗

— Jay Carney

#agenda #american #american economy #ceiling #debate

I enjoyed debate on the floor but it's not really debate in the same way. ↗

— Geraldine Ferraro

#enjoyed #floor #i #really #same

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

— Hillary Clinton

#communities #debate #differences #diversity #find

As Congress continues to debate ways to address illegal immigration, we must remember the many hard-working legal immigrants that contribute so much to our nation's economy and culture. ↗

— Bob Filner

#congress #continues #contribute #culture #debate

As someone who is in awe and grateful every day to be in a country where freedom of the press, free speech and free elections are a way of life, I am wowed, amazed and excited by the opportunity to moderate a 2012 presidential debate. ↗

— Candy Crowley

#amazed #awe #country #day #debate

Fast food is hugely important in the life of a comedy writer. All we do is order in, and what we're going to eat is hotly debated. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#debated #eat #fast #fast food #food

A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians with higher goals. But all of them get corrupted by power. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#corrupted #debate #get #goal #goals

I emphasize teachers because they are largely left out of the debate. None of the bombastic reports that come from Washington and think tanks telling us what needs to be 'fixed' - I hate such a mechanistic word, as if our schools were automobile engines - ever asks the opinions of teachers. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#automobile #because #come #debate #emphasize