Quotes about Debate

RULE 10, and it can be expressed thus: WHEN YOU DISAGREE, DO SO REASONABLY, AND NOT DISPUTATIOUSLY OR CONTENTIOUSLY.

Pro-lifers have long been castigated for bringing private values into the public square. But actually it is the pro-abortion position that is based on merely personal views and values.

Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to my conscience, above all liberties.

Aware of their conversation, Jesus said, “You of little faith, why are you debating among yourselves about having no bread?

The man who sees both sides of a question is a man who sees absolutely nothing.

A man with an experience of God is never at the mercy of a man with an argument.

Whenever you write on a subject that questions the status quo, there are bound to be many who wrestle with the issues

Evolution is unobservable. It's based on blind faith in a few dry bones and on unreliable dating systems in which the gullible trust. Kids should be allowed to make up their own minds about this issue, and not be censored to 'one side is all we will let you hear.'

My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument." Good sense does not always lie with the loudest shouters, nor can we say that a large, unruly crowd is always the best arbiter of what is right.

No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.

If pro is the opposite of con, what is the opposite of Congress?

To try to preemptively shut down debate with name-calling is profoundly un-American and will harm this country.