Quotes with debate

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  • Bart Stupak No matter what the president or anyone tried to do on health care, they never got the headlines, because the Gulf oil spill happened. It seemed like it sucked the wind out of the whole health care debate.
    Bart Stupak
    American politician (1952 - )
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  • Arthur Eddington Oh leave the Wise our measures to collate. One thing at least is certain, light has weight. One thing is certain and the rest debate. Light rays, when near the Sun, do not go straight.
    Arthur Eddington
    English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (1882 - 1944)
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  • Bradley Whitford One of the most surreal moments in this election was after the third debate, when I heard a talking head say, Al Gore won on substance, on the issues. But you have to give the victory to Bush because he seems presidential.
    Bradley Whitford
    American actor and political activist (1959 - )
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  • Hannah Arendt Opinions are formed in a process of open discussion and public debate, and where no opportunity for the forming of opinions exists, there may be moods - moods of the masses and moods of individuals, the latter no less fickle and unreliable than the former - but no opinion.
    Hannah Arendt
    German-born American political theorist (1906 - 1975)
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  • Carole Bouquet Political debate is of no interest to me. What I want are practical solutions.
    Carole Bouquet
    French actress and fashion (1957 - )
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  • Ann Coulter Political debate with liberals is basically impossible in America today because liberals are calling names while conservatives are trying to make arguments.
    Ann Coulter
    American far-right media pundit and author (1961 - )
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  • Bernie Sanders Progressive activists are angry that a Medicare-for-all single-payer approach was totally ignored during the health care debate.
    Bernie Sanders
    American politician (1941 - )
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  • Caleb Cushing Sir, allusion has been made, in an early stage of this debate, to the history of the excitement which once pervaded a considerable part of the country, in reference to the transportation of the mails on the Lord's day.
    Caleb Cushing
    American Democratic politician and diplomat (1800 - 1879)
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  • W. H. Auden The critical opinions of a writer should always be taken with a large grain of salt. For the most part, they are manifestations of his debate with himself as to what he should do next and what he should avoid.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • Carl Schmitt The essence of liberalism is negotiation, a cautious half measure, in the hope that the definitive dispute, the decisive bloody battle, can be transformed into a parliamentary debate and permit the decision to be suspended forever in an everlasting discussion.
    Political Theology (1922)
    Carl Schmitt
    German political philosopher and legal scholar (1888 - 1985)
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  • Noam Chomsky The Internet has compromised the quality of debate.
    Noam Chomsky
    American Linguist, Political Activist (1928 - )
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  • Christopher Lasch The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information.
    Christopher Lasch
    American historian (1932 - 1994)
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  • Bill Delahunt The national debate on Social Security has been cheapened by demagoguery on all sides.
    Bill Delahunt
    American lawyer and politician (1941 - )
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  • Anatole Broyard The tension between 'yes' and 'no,' between 'I can' and 'I cannot,' makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life is an interminable debate with one's self.
    Anatole Broyard
    American writer, literary critic, and editor (0 - 1990)
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  • E. M. Forster There's nothing like a debate to teach one quickness.
    Howards End (1910) Ch. 15
    E. M. Forster
    English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist (1879 - 1970)
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  • Byron Dorgan This country is about, in my judgment, aggressive, open debate. There is an old saying: When everyone is thinking the same thing, no one is thinking very much.
    Byron Dorgan
    American author, businessman (1942 - )
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  • Bob Barr Unfortunately, most gun control advocates are not really interested in rational debate, and their political games simply send Alice chasing white rabbits down holes.
    Bob Barr
    American attorney and politician (1948 - )
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  • Caleb Cushing Upon the Constitution, upon the pre-existing legal rights of the People, as understood in this country and in England, I have argued that this House is bound to revive the Petition under debate.
    Caleb Cushing
    American Democratic politician and diplomat (1800 - 1879)
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  • Barbara Lee We must use all the tools of American power in resolving disputes, including diplomacy. And we must have sufficient congressional debate and oversight before ever putting another U.S. solider in harm's way.
    Barbara Lee
    American politician (1946 - )
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  • Bill Delahunt What passes for real debate in Washington often seems more like an echo chamber, with politicians talking at politicians.
    Bill Delahunt
    American lawyer and politician (1941 - )
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