Debate Quotes

Debate Quotes

Edward R Murrow

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After last night's debate, the reputation of Messieurs Lincoln and Douglas is secure.

Margaret Thatcher

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I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.

Baltasar Gracian

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Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.

Joseph Joubert

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It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.

Walter Benjamin

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Books and harlots have their quarrels in public.

Samuel Butler

Rating - 3 (1 Votes)

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy -- but he who has shown the better temper.

Hubert H. Humphrey

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Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.

Christopher Lasch

Rating - 3 (1 Votes)

Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its by-product.

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