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

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

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"The big debate right now is if Saddam is alive or dead. He's dead, then he's alive, then dead, then alive. It's just confusing. Today they showed videotape, and Saddam was speaking at his own funeral."

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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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"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 apologist is most entrusted with apologetics when capable of arguing his opponent's position better than his opponent."

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"The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months."

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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 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."

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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 national debate on Social Security has been cheapened by demagoguery on all sides."

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"When every one of your arguments is characterized an attempt to bring back slavery or resegregate lunch counters, it's a little hard to have any sort of productive debate."

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