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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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"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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"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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"Governors of both political parties face a stark choice between unpopular tax increases and drastic cuts in Medicaid, education, public safety and other essential services."
Education
"What passes for real debate in Washington often seems more like an echo chamber, with politicians talking at politicians."
Debate
"The national debate on Social Security has been cheapened by demagoguery on all sides."
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"This is a chance for me to listen and learn. There's no more important and rewarding part of my job."
Chance
"Uncollected sales taxes on Internet purchases cost the states more than $16 billion in 2001."
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"Brick and mortar businesses - and the communities that depend on them - cannot continue to bear an unfair sales tax burden from which their on-line competitors are effectively exempt."
Burden
"It's hard to exaggerate the importance of preserving the financial integrity of Social Security."
Finance
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