Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tom Daschle

I think that there is an implication here, as they've done throughout this debate on Iraq, that if you oppose the president, your patriotism ought to be questioned, ... Meet the Press.

Daniel J. Boorstin

Disagreement produces debate but dissent produces dissension.

Donald Trump

Jeb Bush brought it up at the debate and he was doing it very well, and all of a sudden, I don't know what happened, but he got shut down.

Donald Trump

I'd want to have a fair moderator. I thought that Mitt Romney was treated very unfairly in the third debate [in 2012].

Donald Trump

There's a whole lot of potential here [in vice-president candidates debates]. But it's not going to be a substitute for [Donald] Trump picking up the pace, the slack himself. It's not going to be a substitute for that.

Amos Bronson Alcott

Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine.

Ann Richards

I was really pleased ... we were all really nervous going into this debate and I thought that John Kerry knocked it out of the ballpark,

If the debate focuses on that, I'm not sure you do anything.

Roger Goodell

When you're talking about a trade you're saying, 'Is it good for this team or that team, did they give up too much?' That kind of debate is great for the game.

Kevin Spacey

makes people think ... and have a healthy debate and an open debate, rather than being so fiercely on one side or the other.

Let's have a good, robust debate on the issues.

No one at any time approached him during the Medicare debate.

She has guided The Republic in a way that has made it a force for debate and progress.

Right now, four teams, people should be saying it's a lock. The debate is whether it should be five teams.

Deng Xiaoping

Do not debate! is one of my inventions.

Lincoln may be a revered icon, but he's also an historical figure about whom passions often run high. Certainly, we would like to make a vigorous and healthy debate about Lincoln and his legacy an important part of our bicentennial activities.

It gives the debate a megaphone, it gives the march a megaphone.

Henry Hyde

There are many voices telling us to halt this debate, that the people are weary of it all, ... There are other voices suggesting we have a duty to debate the many questions raised by the circumstances in which we find ourselves, questions of high consequence for constitutional government.... What is the significance of a false statement under oath? Is it essentially different from a garden variety lie? A mental reservation? A fib? An evasion? A little white lie? Hyperbole?

Ward Churchill

There's always merit to having a debate. That is the point of the whole (educational) process, putting out opposing viewpoints.

Cindy Sheehan

It's just snowballed. We have opened up a debate in the country.

It seems like the key issue in this debate is the issue of open space and needing to protect open space.

Senator Kerry

Social Security is truly a test of our values as Americans. Social Security is a fundamental promise that lifts half of our seniors out of poverty and helps millions of disabled Americans, widows and orphans. We owe Americans a better debate than we're having today. It's about time we do everything we can to keep the promise of Social Security.

Joseph Campbell

Smiths' share price targets range from down 4 percent to 20 gain, highlighting a debate about what Smiths should be worth.

Tim Ryan

So as we have this debate about the personal accounts, I think it is very important for us to recognize that diverting 4 percent of your Social Security taxes into this is never going to be enough for this to retire on.

Roy Halladay

That's always been a question for debate. I think pitchers never like to go back-to-back facing teams but that hitters sometimes feel like they have a better idea of what they're going to see.

That's always a big debate. Not every district uses shootouts. It's not a UIL rule that a district has to use shootouts. I'd like everything to be done statewide, so everyone does the same thing.

The object of (Tuesday's) demonstration is repealing the law. There needs to be a lot of us, and we must go for the long haul since the parliamentary debate will take time.

For a heterosexual man - I know that's a hotly debated topic, but only among those who don't know me - I have grown to really appreciate fashion.

Joseph Cirincione

The factual debate during the next six months will revolve around the threat assessment.

The far right has been itching for a fight for some time, ... They want to erase what happened to Bork, and they want to have somebody whose nomination will provoke a debate about all these big issues, and if they win, then they feel that vindicates their philosophy and its opens doors to other like nominees.

The correlation between high oil prices and stocks has not been day-to-day. Sometimes the stock markets can ignore high prices, and the big debate is when will the prices get so high that they hurt the economy.

I'm really disappointed we're getting so much negative debate on this,

They help moderate debate. Their role is to give voters a voice in elections that they may not get through the traditional parties.