top of page
"I enjoyed debate on the floor but it's not really debate in the same way."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Debate quotes

"Some of the most polished ideas are discovered through healthy, honest debate, so if you don't argue with yourself every once in a while, other people will gladly point out if, in any sense, you missed a spot."

"The first ingredient to being wrong is to claim that you are right. Geniuses have a knack for raising new questions. Hence by the public they are either admired for their creativity or, even more commonly so, detested for disturbing the daily peace of mind."

"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."

"Another example of the educational inequality is the current debate over publicly financed school vouchers which will provide educational opportunities to a privileged handful, but deprive public schools of desperately needed resources."

"It is a difference of opinion which does not admit of proof. We each begin probably with a little bias towards our own sex, and upon that bias build every circumstance in favour of it which has occurred within our own circle."

"What we have to do... is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities."

"What passes for real debate in Washington often seems more like an echo chamber, with politicians talking at politicians."

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

"The national debate on Social Security has been cheapened by demagoguery on all sides."
Explore more quotes by Geraldine Ferraro

"If you ask me a question, don't tell me what the question is in advance, 'cause I'd rather not know."

"If you think somebody cares about you and believes your life is worth saving, how can you give up?"

"And it was, it was not beating George Bush, believe it or not, the bottom line as far as I was concerned was introducing to the public who Gerry Ferraro was."

"I'd call it a new version of voodoo economics, but I'm afraid that would give witch doctors a bad name."

"The bottom line as far as I was concerned was presenting to the public who Gerry Ferraro was."
bottom of page