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Whoever sets the agenda controls the outcome of the debate

There are 435 members of Congress. There's one 'Morning Joe' show. Hopefully, we can keep hammering the argument that you can disagree with other people and have debates but remain civil.

There is much debate in the scientific community as to the precise sources of global warming.

It's funny when people debate about music, because they get so passionate about what they enjoy.

The extreme positions of the Crossfire Syndrome require extreme simplification - framing the debate in terms which ignore the real issues.

What intrigued me most was not the technology as such but the questions about the human goods, the fundamental human values and virtues that are raised by debates over biotechnology.

Polemical debates happen all the time in France.

I can tell you is all nine of the people here [ on debates] would make an infinitely better commander in chief than Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton.

Wit has its place in debate; in controversy it is a legitimate weapon, offensive and defensive.

There is nothing wrong with being a Marxist. Their point of view is essential to a democratic debate

Is the Labour Party to remain a democratic party in which the right of free criticism and free debate is not merely tolerated but encouraged? Or are the rank and file of the party to be bludgeoned or cowed into an uncritical subservience towards the leadership?

It's nice to have a debate in a swing state.

I am happy to debate the past with the Prime Minister... I have a big dossier on his past, and I did not even have to sex it up.

I happen to like debating, and I like to debate like a lawyer, and I can argue any points to death, and I will.

I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter for the linguist than for the speculative philosopher

There are certainly major differences between Poland's policies and those of the old EU countries. Debates are going on in Brussels over a shared foreign policy and even a shared foreign minister.

Which is ideology? Which not? You shall know them by their assertion of truth, their contempt for considered reflection, and their fear of debate.

Much of the debate over global warming is predicated on fear, rather than science.

Are you an Israeli? I don't debate with Israelis. I have been misled, sorry I don't recognise Israel and I don't debate with Israelis

You'd carry on a logical debate, but you'd read about it later and say, 'Was I there?' ... But what are you going to do? Put out a press release and say, 'We weren't screeching'?

The majority feel the immigration debate is somewhat unfair and based on misinformation -- for example, that most undocumented are on welfare, which is not true. Legal immigrants feel there is a thin line between anti-undocumented and anti-immigrant.

The magnitude of the increase will have implications for the total area available to plant the spring-seeded crops such as corn and soybeans. The debate about how rising production costs will affect corn and soybean acreage decisions will continue into the spring of the year.

Their legislation actually creates a singles penalty that I believe will be the subject of further debate ... their amendment lopsidedly favors those at the very top of the economic scale at the expense of the middle class,

The unanimous ruling tells me that there wasn't a lot of patience or sympathy by the court for the argument by the law schools. And I would think that this finally ends the long-running legal debate on this issue.

These judges were bitter medicine, but I believe the Senate and our caucus is better for it. We preserved the right of extended debate and filibuster, and when and if a Supreme Court vacancy occurs, we have preserved our rights, if a controversial person is named, to exercise our traditional authorities in the Senate.

This has been the source of much public debate. But I ask everyone to respect the decision and offer Jens the trust he needs.

The Colorado statute, however, applies only to American flags, which raises another constitutional issue. The Constitution prohibits what the case law calls 'viewpoint discrimination.' This means that the government cannot silence one side of a debate while allowing speakers who favor an opposing viewpoint. Thus, to the extent that personal display of American or Mexican flags now symbolizes opposing views on the current national debate about immigration issues, the Colorado statute cannot constitutionally protect the right of students to display the American flag while allowing a school to ban the display of a different flag.

If Quebecers want to keep the Canadian dollar, they'll keep it - and nobody can stop that, end of debate.

We must learn to outgrow our egos in exchange for constructive dialogue rather than debate. In addition, we must be capable of stating problems and proposing solutions clearly and succinctly, without distortion of meaning or misunderstanding, even when these solutions are radically opposed to accepted norms.

Whether someone else would have played Superman better or worse would be up for a lot of debate on the internet forums, I'm sure.

And I liked all that debate and mock trial stuff in high school. It's important to know how to make your points.

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

The evolution debate is just a symptom of what's wrong with the State Board of Education, ... My campaign is going to revolve around larger issues.

The evolution debate has exposed a fundamental divide in our society,

The EU recognized Turkey as a candidate country in 1999 without expressing any such reservation. The debate is legitimate but you cannot ignore the past, ... The EU must maintain its credibility.

The EU recognized Turkey as a candidate country in 1999 without expressing any such reservation. The debate is legitimate but you cannot ignore the past,

The good thing is we're going to have a debate, ... I think that's healthy.

The great thing about town meeting is you can have impassioned debate and then shake hands afterward.

The dividing question in the debate is not do we do something, but whatever we do, do we do it alone?

A History of Violence does not qualify for certification under the tax-credit system, and does not qualify for certification under the broadcast system, and can't get a CRTC number. If we started being more subjective about the nominations, the whole debate every year would be where do you draw the line? You'd end up with a system where anything a Canadian does anywhere counts as Canadian. We could have Jim Carrey movies up for best picture.

A great book-group book is more than just a great book. For (this list), we sought out 25 titles that encourage engagement, discussion and debate - though we certainly hope there's no significant bloodshed.

The dialogue is now shifting gears from climate science to climate action. There's still a lot we need to learn about the science, but the events of the past year have ended much of the lingering debate and controversy. The most important question now is what can individuals, communities, states and nations do to reduce and prepare for climate change.

The free economic zone itself is still an ongoing debate in the National Assembly; we don't know what the FEZ actually is.

The Chinese military has enormous stress about U.S. space plans at large. There is a debate about what they should do.

The challenge is not to debate whether the right exists or not but how to get full effect of the right,

The conference itself is not a place of debate, ... They don't engage across the conference table.

The concern is that the government is using the ideological exclusion provision and other immigration laws to manipulate and censor political and academic debate inside the United States.

As the 109th Congress continues to debate legislation that will affect the lives of immigrants, it is important for us to remember that we are a nation of immigrants.

I don't think this debate is negative, it is enriching

There is an ongoing debate about the reform of the U.N. system.

I want to say that even - and Bernie said this many, many times - in several of the actual public debates, she said on her worst day, Hillary Clinton's a thousand times better than Donald Trump. And Donald Trump, in my view, is a threat to the nation.

We were telling, and frankly the media didn't take it seriously, during the time when we tried to point out that Debbie Wasserman Schultz was biased. She scheduled debates at times that didn't draw huge audiences, I believe, and many believe, because she didn't want Bernie to have a larger exposure to the voters.

I've come to learn that the best time to debate family members is when they have good in their mouths.

Debate is the death of conversation.

The discussion had turned into a very one-sided debate. Our group was formed to balance out the debate and provide some reason.

All of these union bosses are terrified that the governor's reforms are going to take power and influence out of Sacramento and give it back to the people of California, ... The debate over the special election is a simple one - vote yes on the governor's reforms if you want real change, vote no if you are happy with the way things are.

All these people are so firm on their positions. That's where the humor in the movie comes from, ... It's like the debate team. Nothing is rooted, everything is malleable. As soon as you start to hate what Nick Naylor is saying, then you have a senator saying the same thing. Everybody is complicit; whatever their cause is, they all have unethical thoughts. It just shows that we're all just out there trying to ply our trade.

All the governor's done is what she usually does, which is to say she'll take a look at any legislation that the members of the General Assembly decide that they want to debate and pass.

All sides of the net neutrality debate agree that consumers should be in control of their Internet experience. Where we differ is on whether consumers alone should foot the bill for the advanced networks that drive the Internet's growth and evolution. Simply put, our side believes that businesses that seek to profit on the use of next-generation networks should not be free of all costs associated with the increased capacity that is required for delivery of the advanced services and applications they seek to market." ()

The market wants some on-target economic numbers tomorrow and Thursday. We want an equilibrium in the economy. If the numbers are too strong or weak, the interest rate debate would rage on. The numbers need to show moderation.

While the debate on the Patriot Act is far from over, it is important that all Americans continue in this dialogue and work together to ensure greater security for our nation.

The Legislature has done the hard work of picking up the issue of the day, holding public hearings, having public debate and making a decision, ... (A veto) would be an enormous disregard for the deliberation of both houses and the millions of people who wish him to sign the bill.

The longer we stay in Iraq, the more similarities will start to develop, meaning essentially that we are getting more and more bogged down, taking more and more casualties, more and more heated dissension and debate in the United States,

The logistics of pulling one off coupled with the short time left before the moment of truth has trumped the desire to debate further.

Bin Laden’s death and the debate over torture

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

I only debate my equals. All others I teach.

If winning is the only value, why debate when you can suppress?

Well, to tell you truth, I have learned a long time ago that the trick when doing a debate, any kind of debate, is to just turn off the judgment switch in my head.

If we're going to have debates, let's have real debates.

Political success is often dependent on the ability to be heard above the din of controversy and debate and to set a course with one's own compass.

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

The Senate has unlimited debate; in the House, debate is ruthlessly circumscribed. There is frequent discussion as to which technique most effectively frustrates democratic process.

When you look at that debate stage, Mitt Romney could have dominated it maybe.

Now, since the time of Newton there had been a debate about whether light was a wave---that is, a traveling disturbance in some background medium---or a particle, which travels regardless of the presence of a background medium. The observation of Maxwell that electromagnetic waves must exist and that their speed was identical to that of light ended the debate: light was an electromagnetic wave.

In debate, one randomly was assigned to one side or the other. This had at least one virtue - it made one see that there was more than one side to these complex issues.

American power in the world relies on these ideals of openness and critical debate.

I think it's really unfortunate that academics have been sidelined in most important policy debates.

Debate is so much better than denial.

Is there any point in public debate in a society where hardly anyone has been taught how to think, while millions have been taught what to think?

Modernist discourse [...] incorporates semantic devices - such as the labeling of theism as 'religion' and naturalism as 'science' - that work to prevent a dangerous debate over fundamental assumptions from breaking out in the open.

Even within traditional universities there has always been debate about whether it wouldn't be better to focus on only one course at a time.

The Commission on Presidential Debates is a corrupt stranglehold on our democracy.

Every candidate goes into every debate hoping that they can own a particular moment.

The idea that Parliament somehow wasn't going to be able to discuss, debate, question issues around (Brexit) was frankly completely wrong.

I look forward to continuing the debate about Britain's future - in Parliament and across the country.

We don’t have to debate about what we should think about homosexual activity, it’s written in the Bible.

What I want is to create a discussion about what is happening around the world and to provoke some debate with these pictures. Nothing more than this.

The National Security Adviser is supposed to be an arbiter of policy and open minded in internal debates. But the playing field was never balanced. It was always tilted toward Rumsfeld's position, which is obviously the same as Bush's.

Here's a guy that inherited $200 million. If he hadn't inherited $200 million, you know where Donald Trump would be right now?

I've always been very wary of debates involving women.

A fool and his money be soon at debate

In debates between anarchists and statists, the burden of proof clearly should rest on those who place their trust in the state. Anarchy's mayhem is wholly conjectural; the state's mayhem is undeniably, factually horrendous.

Anything can go wrong in a debate, and Obama is not a perfect debater.

The right is absolute ... government has no authority to forbid me from owning a firearm ... the debate is not about guns. It is about freedom.

This is the debate we have every time we talk about the minimum wage, that if we raise it even 50 cents, that it means employers are just going to shut down. It's not true.

I raise this objection to debate the process, and protect the integrity of the true will of the people.

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

We mistake politics for legislative debate. You can be passionate without being personal.

The debate over troop levels will rage for years; it is...beside the point.