Top 1200 Political Debate Quotes & Sayings - Page 19

Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate.

I think the debate around nepotism is futile because I am an outsider and I know that there is no compensation of talent.

The Ibrahim Index is a tool to hold governments to account and frame the debate about how we are governed.

And while I at length debate and beate the bush, There shall steppe in other men and catch the burdes.

The first presidential debate was down in Florida. Residents spent all day putting plywood on their televisions.

Real political will for change is achieved when the risks associated with the necessary political and structural changes are articulated at the planning stages, the key stakeholders acknowledge and accept those changes, and all stakeholders participate in the relevant processes.

A number of individuals tried to make my homosexuality a topic of debate. I admittedly found that rather upsetting.

Washington's answer to a self-inflicted financial crisis reminded Americans why they so deeply distrust the political class. The 'fiscal cliff' process was secretive and sloppy, and the nation's so-called leadership lacked the political courage to address our root problems: joblessness and debt.

Our climate is changing. That's a fact, and we need to have a real debate about how we should respond to it.

Enjoy most: the prospect of having an impact on the public debate. Irritating liberals is a close second.

In the world there is a debate over inequity, and sometimes we get caught up in that, and retail does in general.

It was humbling to play Mark Ashton. He was a political activist and a humanist, and there is incredible conviction in his vision. But when you're telling a political story, humour is crucial; otherwise, it can be in danger of becoming a bit preachy, and the audience can feel like they've got an agenda coming full steam at them.

My patriotism and my conscience required me to support it and to engage in the debate over whether and how to fight it.

The debate over same sex 'marriage' has engaged the heartfelt feelings and convictions of millions of Americans.

In the continuing debate over the morality of enhanced interrogation, an essential consideration is often overlooked: intent.

Other countries care for their mentally ill. Making them debate on TV is just cruel.

Be a student, not a follower. Take interest in what someone says, then debate it, ponder it, and consider it from all angles.

I am ready to debate how we fight terrorism without giving up our liberty.

The right to discuss freely and openly, by speech, by the pen, by the press, all political questions, and to examine the animadvert upon all political institutions is a right so clear and certain, so interwoven with our other liberties, so necessary, in fact, to their existence, that without it we must fall into despotism and anarchy.

I'm not going to get into a debate over the non-essentials. I won't try to change other denominations. Why be divisive?

Listen, if the mayor wants to have a debate about education in this city, I got three words: bring it on.

What we need to affirm is that Jesus is neither a Democrat nor a Republican. Whenever we marry Jesus to a political party, we are committing the sin of idolatry. We are making Jesus into the image of our political party.

If Reagan and John Paul II were linked by anything, it was a grand, ambitious, and generous idea of Western political civilization, one in which a democratic Europe would be integrated by multiple economic, political, and cultural links, and held together beneath an umbrella of American hegemony.

The objective of politics is always to build scenarios in which persons' horizons can be expanded evermore. Any political action that is aimed at restricting individuals' horizons is, as I see it, a regressive action in relation to the political values that I embrace.

Like some of my other movies, 'Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes' is also a very political film, and many critics still consider it even the best of all the Apes movies, because it conveys a series of political viewpoints.

Citizenship in the 21st century requires more than paying your taxes and voting and occasionally running for office. That even if you're never in political office, you have political responsibilities. You can make your society stronger and better.

There's a big debate whether pentathlon or heptathlon is harder: five events in one day or seven in two.

Let the debate begin, let the rest of the world know that the iconic symbol of the United Kingdom may change

The people of this country desperately need to engage in an open and honest debate about mental health.

Malcolm X envisions a broad-based pluralistic united front, which is spearheaded by the Nation of Islam, but mobilizing integrationist organizations, non-political organizations, civic groups, all under the banner of building black empowerment, human dignity, economic development, political mobilization.

When you've got people taking opposite positions just to create a debate, viewers can see through it.

At various periods in American history, people get pretty rambunctious when it comes to our democratic debate.

I have a long history of defending, and promoting, free speech and open debate - especially (especially!) within Muslim communities.

I think many people kill themselves simply to stop the debate about whether they will or they won't.

I was struck during the Brexit debate by how little discussion there was about the origins of the concept of a united Europe.

President Trump is not a representative of the political establishment class. And so for whatever reason, people have made a decision that they want to eject him. It's almost like he's opened up the door now for America's CEOs and America's billionaires to enter the Washington political system.

There's a debate among Democrats about how they should approach this new [Donald's Trump] administration.

The whole debate on what food is best for us is complex, ongoing and often controlled by vested interests.

I think in our desire to create a better America,we have to have civilized debate in this country and not just yelling.

Good conversational debate is an end in itself, and talking for the love of conversation is what makes us human.

A political solution is going to involve neighboring countries... You will have to bring people together to agree on a political process. If that includes supporting a military exercise of some sort without sending troops, that is on the table, as long as this is not the only option that people look at.

Whether you were Moslem, Christian, Druze, or Israeli, remember, God protect thee, that religious fanaticism for political goals or political fanaticism for religious purposes is the worst kind of fanaticism.

A politician or political thinker who calls himself a political realist is usually boasting that he sees politics, so to speak, in the raw; he is generally a proclaimed cynic and pessimist who makes it his business to look behind words and fine speeches for the motive. This motive is always low.

What is music in America? It's this stand-in for political action in a lot of senses. We have no democracy and we have no art culture, and we've long considered politics nebbish-y and hopelessly unsexy. So a lot of what would be considered political activism is channeled into cultural work.

So long as our land is occupied it is the right of the Palestinian people and their factions to combine resistance and political activities. Resistance and its arms are directed against the occupation while political activity is part of re-arranging the Palestinian home.

Our political system encourages that. We don't have proportional representation. There's little renewal in our political class and it's always the same faces. There's also a lack of morals - it's one affair after the other. A system like that cannot be successful.

We have a policy at Greenpeace that we no longer debate people who don't accept the scientific reality of anthropogenic climate change.

'Taste Buds' is a food debate show and 'Hey Babe!' is just kind of anything and everything.

It's great that Trump has engendered a heated debate over illegal immigration and our open borders.

Let me light my lamp", says the star, "And never debate if it will help to remove the darkness

The Second Amendment is not open for debate. Why do Democrats feel that this is the one enumerated Constitutional right that they can trample?

Even with ex-fighters as judges, it doesn't mean they can score a fight, you'd still end up with debate and opinion.

If the [Republican] party wants to have an ideological debate, it's never going to win anything in a major way.

He don't debate he concentrate on survivin' He don't like to drive if he's been drinkin' But he'll drink while he's drivin' He's the dude

It is perfectly acceptable in a free and liberal society to criticize, debate, mock, and reject any ideology.

I think there is no doubt that the advent of 24/7 news channels, which are voracious in their demand for constant new content, has accelerated the political process. The rise of social media, in addition to talkback, I think has intensified the political process.

There's no debate in the world as to whether people have weapons of mass destruction... We all know that. A trained ape knows that.

I should add that it is open to debate whether what we call the writing of history these days is truly scientific.

A presidential debate is a job interview. And voters look for certain traits in people applying to be president.

I am convinced that we as a body must conduct a formal and legitimate debate about election irregularities.