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"I enjoyed debate on the floor but it's not really debate in the same way."
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"Some readers may have noticed an icy little missive from Noam Chomsky ["Letters," December 3], repudiating the very idea that he and I had disagreed on the "roots" of September 11. I rush to agree. Here is what he told his audience at MIT on October 11:Clever of him to have spotted that (his favorite put-down is the preface 'Turning to the facts...') and brave of him to have taken such a lonely position. As he rightly insists, our disagreements are not really political."
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"... the courage of one's opinions is always a form of calculating cowardice in the eyes of the 'other side'..."
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"The apologist is most entrusted with apologetics when capable of arguing his opponent's position better than his opponent."
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"You can't argue with religious people, you can't change their mind even if you prove them wrong."
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"The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months."
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"If anything, if you can get somebody interested in something and get them excited, that's great. You should be praised for having opened the debate and having asked the right questions."
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"When making a point, there are 2 types of people who may disagree with you: those who can support their reasons, and the childish ones who are too worried about being told what to do."
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"I strongly object to wrong arguments on the right side. I think I object to them more than to the wrong arguments on the wrong side."
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"Political debate with liberals is basically impossible in America today because liberals are calling names while conservatives are trying to make arguments."
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"Every candidate goes into every debate hoping that they can own a particular moment."
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"You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace."
Love
"If you ask me a question, don't tell me what the question is in advance, 'cause I'd rather not know."
Question
"The public is entitled to know whether or not I am married to Jack The Ripper."
Public
"I didn't serve on a committee that dealt with foreign policy."
Policy
"I have been extremely lucky; I am a person who is currently living with a cancer that is under control."
Control
"I enjoyed debate on the floor but it's not really debate in the same way."
Debate
"I don't like to practice ahead of time what I'm going to say."
Time
"See that's a goal that I think it's very good in the debate to find out who the person is."
Goal
"And I have to tell you as a grandmother, I worry about the fact that my grandchildren are going to be paying for all the spending, including military spending, that has gone on and the tax cuts that have come through."
Fact
"You people married to Italian men, you know what it's like."
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