Quotes of: Political-debate Keyword

Hyperbole is the common currency of political debate.

Raul Ramos y Sanchez

Political debate is of no interest to me. What I want are practical solutions.

Carole Bouquet

In a lifetime of observing and participating in political debate, I have seen a lot of meanness.

Dennis Prager

Political debate: when charlatans come together to discuss their principles.

Some Inspiration for the Overenthusiastic

Climate change is a controversial subject, right? People will debate whether there is climate change... that's a whole political debate that I don't want to get into. I want to talk about the frequency of extreme weather situations, which is not poli...

Andrew Cuomo

I love hard political debate and I love beating somebody on a political point but what I'm more frustrated by is the politics where you play the man not the politics.

Johann Lamont

The political climate during a campaign is not the best climate for reasonable debate.

Jose Mujica

Politics is - once in a while - a forum for serious debate about political philosophy.

P. J. O'Rourke

I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.

Joseph Stiglitz

Has society really become quite thin-skinned, or is acting “offended” a new tactic that is being used to shut down legitimate political debate? Progressives are increasingly claiming to be offended whenever those on the right disagree with their ...

Love

We are losing sight of civility in government and politics. Debate and dialogue is taking a back seat to the politics of destruction and anger and control. Dogma has replaced thoughtful discussion between people of differing views.

James McGreevey

Economics ought to be a magpie discipline, taking in philosophy, history and politics. But heterodox approaches have long since been banished from most faculties, claims Tony Lawson. In the 1970s, when he started teaching at Cambridge, the economics ...

Aditya Chakrabortty

We talked about politics constantly in my family growing up in North Carolina. There were always debates. Being of Greek background, it's in our blood to drink coffee and talk politics.

Zach Galifianakis

We need a government, not politics. Because there's too much politics. Of course there should be debate. But there seems to be so much pettiness and not enough good faith. It is civilized to agree to disagree, and this idea is slowly disintegrating. ...

Daphne Guinness

You can't understand Twenty-first-Century Politics with an Eighteenth-Century Brain.

Don't Think of an Elephant! Know Your Values and Frame the Debate: The Essential Guide for Progressives

We will not put a lid on opinions. On the contrary, it is more important than ever that political debates are open and free, even on the most difficult issues. Especially on the most difficult issues. The task is to encourage controversial debates in...

Jens Stoltenberg

Our country's political discourse and debate are enriched by discussions of the political implications of our faith traditions, whether they are taking place in our communities, at our dinner tables, or in our places of worship.

David Price

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

Richard Dreyfuss

What I think the political correctness debate is really about is the power to be able to define. The definers want the power to name. And the defined are now taking that power away from them.

Toni Morrison

I think there is a debate in the arts about, you know, whether we must strive for art for art's sake, and you know, kind of try to keep political debate out of our work. And to that I say, I'd like you to show me an example of, you know, this so-call...

Sarah Jones

Political civility is not about being polite to each other. It's about reclaiming the power of 'We the People' to come together, debate the common good and call American democracy back to its highest values amid our differences.

Parker Palmer