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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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"There's always merit to having a debate."
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"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."
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"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."
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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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"Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled."
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"Open debate and full discourse on the topic of torture is a double-edged sword."
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"I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments but not with comprehension."
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"When I am in the Scottish Parliament chamber, I often feel the need to sit for the entire debate. It's only courteous to listen to what everyone has to say, although I often find myself desperate to say something but too scared to stand up in case I regret it."
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"If we don't believe in moral absolutes and then we get into a cultural-political debate, how are we going to win?"
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"There is an absolutely fundamental hostility on the part of totalitarian regimes toward religion."
Religion
"I think that there is absolutely no free market in modern industrial states."
Politics
"In the years just before... during the Carter years, the Soviets regularly violated, if you will, both the spirit and theletter of arms control agreements, I think, that they had negotiated during the period of detente."
Control
"A doctrine of class war seemed to provide a solution to the problem of poverty to people who know nothing about how wealth is created."
War
"Democrats can't get elected unless things get worse - and things won't get worse unless they get elected."
Democracy
"There is no pure free-market economy."
Economy
"Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal."
Equality
"I believe that detente was having almost the opposite effect of what was intended. What was intended was to sort of end the contest for power and to stop Soviet expansion, especially by military means and the military build-up, the military contest."
Power
"I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred."
Government
"I conclude that it is a fundamental mistake to think that salvation, justice, or virtue come through merely human institutions."
Mistake
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