"It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it."

Debate, Question

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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."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

Debate, Argument, Right, Wrong, Truth

"... the courage of one's opinions is always a form of calculating cowardice in the eyes of the 'other side'..."

Marcel Proust, French Author

Debate, Courage, Belief, Judgment

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

Hillary Clinton, American Politician

Debate, Diversity

"Let's leave behind the predictable and stale debate between liberals and conservatives. Let's take the resources that we have, and prioritize, and manage, and focus our energy on just doing things that count - on real results."

Phil Bredesen, American Politician

Debate, Energy, Focus, Liberals

"You have your ideology and I have mine."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

Debate, Ideology, Poet, Khalil Gibran

"And yet, will we ever come to an end of discussion and talk if we think we must always reply to replies? For replies come from those who either cannot understand what is said to them, or are so stubborn and contentious that they refuse to give in even if they do understand."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

Debate, Communication, Truth, Persistence, Patience

"I don't debate with liars."

Evo Morales, Bolivian Statesman

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"Defining the terms of the debate generally dictates who's gonna' win it."

Paul Begala, American Journalist

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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."

Ann Coulter, American Journalist

Debate, Arguments, Slavery

"There is zero debate about whether the world is getting warmer. That is a fact, a measured fact. There is some debate, although not much anymore, about what's causing the world to get warmer. And the consensus, by far is that it's us."

Peter Barnes, English Playwright

Debate, Fact, World

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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."

"... the courage of one's opinions is always a form of calculating cowardice in the eyes of the 'other side'..."

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

"Let's leave behind the predictable and stale debate between liberals and conservatives. Let's take the resources that we have, and prioritize, and manage, and focus our energy on just doing things that count - on real results."

"You have your ideology and I have mine."

"And yet, will we ever come to an end of discussion and talk if we think we must always reply to replies? For replies come from those who either cannot understand what is said to them, or are so stubborn and contentious that they refuse to give in even if they do understand."

"I don't debate with liars."

"Defining the terms of the debate generally dictates who's gonna' win it."

"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."

"There is zero debate about whether the world is getting warmer. That is a fact, a measured fact. There is some debate, although not much anymore, about what's causing the world to get warmer. And the consensus, by far is that it's us."

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"When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees."

"Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings."

"One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet."

"Misery is almost always the result of thinking."

"Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them."

"The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress."

"You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you."

"The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk."

"Kindness is loving people more than they deserve."

"The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight."