The debate over same sex 'marriage' has engaged the heartfelt feelings and convictions of millions of Americans.

I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.

I got to watch some of Hillary Clinton's debates against Barack Obama. She treated him with terrible disrespect.

In the world there is a debate over inequity, and sometimes we get caught up in that, and retail does in general.

The debate on how to shrink the federal government is at the core of our problem of government not doing its job.

I will withhold federal funding from universities that shut down debate and can't stand different points of view.

If we don't believe in moral absolutes and then we get into a cultural-political debate, how are we going to win?

If we could have a really good debate with the states and the federal government on tax reform I'd be up for that.

I should add that it is open to debate whether what we call the writing of history these days is truly scientific.

Whenever people are being intellectually dishonest in debate, it is an implicit concession they have lost the fight

Rather than allowing jihadists to shut down debate, it must proliferate so much that they simply cannot kill us all.

Palin is smart, politically skilled, courageous and likable. Her convention and debate performances were impressive.

Even with ex-fighters as judges, it doesn't mean they can score a fight, you'd still end up with debate and opinion.

The Church must actualize, be present in the public debate, in our struggle for a true concept of liberty and peace.

I don't mind the debates, they're good for America, but we shouldn't be out there attacking each other all the time.

When I go five games without a goal, there's always a debate. Everything else that I do on the pitch is never valued.

I think if Donald Trump skipped out on a debate, for whatever reason he gave, I don't think it would help him at all.

I'd want to have a fair moderator. I thought that Mitt Romney was treated very unfairly in the third debate [in 2012].

Of course, Mike and I debate and argue - we used to play Ping-Pong to settle arguments. But then Mike got really good.

I've never heard of William Craig. A debate with him might look good on his resume, but it wouldn't look good on mine!

Right now we have a bipartisan debate commission, when most Americans are not members of the bipartisan establishment.

There is a debate in Ukip as to how strong we should be on the immigration issue. I personally think we should own it.

The immigrant blame game is one of the most predictable, and most deplorable, elements of public debate in our nation.

Scotland needs comedy more than ever. With the independence debate, finally after 300 years, reaching room temperature.

Historically, Democrats have been far more united than Republicans when it comes to policy, ideology and public debate.

We need to punch back against the extremes of both the left and the right and define the terms of the debate ourselves.

I'm not going to get into a debate over the non-essentials. I won't try to change other denominations. Why be divisive?

There would be no debate about who was the best footballer the world had ever seen - me or Pele. Everyone would say me.

It's wonderful that Poland is free again and there's open debate and people can pursue their interests. I'm all for it.

I believe that the pursuit of truth and right ideas through honest debate and rigorous argument is a noble undertaking.

Well, first of all, no professor should be able to say, I refuse to defend my position. I refuse to debate my position.

Dick Durbin's a worthy opponent on any debate. He's very intelligent, quick. Knows his facts and puts them forward well.

Use "entropy" and you can never lose a debate, von Neumann told Shannon - because no one really knows what "entropy" is.

Get every candidate to wear a NASCAR racing suit when they go debate; this way we can see how their sponsors really are.

There ought to be a thoughtful welfare-reform debate that doesn't turn into something that could be called scapegoating.

Question Time' is a nice forum for reasoned political debate. There's no point having me on there trying to crack jokes.

The discourse of the West and the attitudes of its leaders are important because they influence public debate in Turkey.

I think there wouldn't be a Net neutrality debate in this country if we really had a competitive environment for access.

If the leadership can't win a debate, then we should show true leadership and implement the democratic will of our party.

I think the debate around nepotism is futile because I am an outsider and I know that there is no compensation of talent.

I would never want to take TOMS or myself into an issues debate. That's not what we're about. We're about helping people.

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

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper.

The whole size zero debate is disgusting. My sister, who's 13, looks amazing - but she's already worried about her figure.

The debate around the ageing population should, in my view, focus much more on how we grow the active, working population.

Atheists in C.S. Lewis' day were as snobbish and arrogant as they are now, but better educated and more capable of debate.

If Dick Shelby were to participate in a debate, it would answer a lot of questions about his health and cognitive ability.

The entire debate around a 'No Deal' Brexit assigns a vastly overstated importance to the role of government in daily life.

Specifically, I’d like to debate whether cannibalism ought to be grounds for leniency in murders, since it’s less wasteful.

The Trudeau government increasingly avoids debate on important national issues by demonizing people who disagree with them.

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