Quotes with discussion

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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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  • Carl von Clausewitz Our discussion has shown that while in war many different roads can lead to the goal, to the attainment of the political object, fighting is the only possible means.
    On War (1832)
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
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  • Noam Chomsky Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.
    Noam Chomsky
    American Linguist, Political Activist (1928 - )
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  • Thomas Carlyle Real good breeding, as the people have it here, is one of the finest things now going in the world. The careful avoidance of all discussion, the swift hopping from topic to topic, does not agree with me; but the graceful style they do it with is beyond that of minuets!
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Ben Shapiro Same-sex marriage is not the final nail in the coffin for traditional marriage. It is just another road sign toward the substitution of government for God. Every moral discussion now pits the wisest moral arbiters among us - the Supreme Court, President Obama - against traditional religion.
    Ben Shapiro
    American conservative political commentator and attorney (1984 - )
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  • Betty Buckley So, when the discussion about not using the term feminist came up at a conference workshop, I couldn't believe it. The more I listened, the more I felt the need to express my passion about my identity as a feminist.
    Betty Buckley
    American actress and singer (1947 - )
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  • Cass Sunstein Television is, in many respects, a passive medium: people receive information without really exchanging ideas with others. By contrast, the Internet can be an active medium, allowing individuals to use e-mail, discussion groups, and even Web sites to engage with one another.
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • Benjamin Rush Temperate, sincere, and intelligent inquiry and discussion are only to be dreaded by the advocates of error. The truth need not fear them...
    Provisions of the Last Will and Testament of Dr. James Rush[1]
    Benjamin Rush
    American politician (1745 - 1813)
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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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  • M. Rutherford The reason why people so of ten disagree in discussion is that they sar what they do not think.
    M. Rutherford
    English writer (ps. van William Hale White) (1831 - 1913)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Lord Acton There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.
    Lord Acton
    British historian (1834 - 1902)
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  • Charles S. Peirce There must be a real and living doubt, and without this all discussion is idle.
    Charles S. Peirce
    American philosopher (1839 - 1914)
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  • Baz Luhrmann There's a whole system in Hollywood where the director never speaks to the studio, but I like to engage them in a discussion. I listen.
    Baz Luhrmann
    Australian director, writer, and producer (1962 - )
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  • Daniel Webster This is a Senate of equals, of men of individual honor and personal character, and of absolute independence. We know no masters, we acknowledge no dictators. This is a hall for mutual consultation and discussion; not an arena for the exhibition of champions.
    Daniel Webster
    American lawyer and statesman (1782 - 1852)
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  • Alexander Downer Well, it's a - I don't want to disappoint you, but it's a time worn tradition of Australian Governments over many years not to get into any discussion about that aspect of intelligence matters.
    Alexander Downer
    Australian politician and diplomat (1951 - )
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  • Ambrose Bierce Discussion: A method of confirming others in their errors.
    The Devil's Dictionary
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • Thomas Brackett Reed To say that a thing has never yet been done among men is to erect a barrier stronger than reason, stronger than discussion.
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