Political Debates Quotes - Page 2

• At the next election he'll offer the British public an alternative that provides weight and substance and seriousness in a political debate that is, frankly, increasingly obsessed with modishness and flim-flam.

  Paddy Ashdown

  Political, Weight, Next

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• I declare that this government is no longer a constitutional and moral form of government. I will deal with it, and I will obey its laws, and I will support it when it is defending our country from foreign and domestic enemies. I will vote in its elections and participate in its political debates. But I will never accept it. I aim at a restoration of constitutional and moral order.

  Lawrence Auster

  Country, Government, Order

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• But I think the American people expect more from us than cries of indignation and attack. The times are too grave, the challenge too urgent, and the stakes too high to permit the customary passions of political debate. We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future. As Winston Churchill said on taking office some twenty years ago: if we open a quarrel between the present and the past, we shall be in danger of losing the future.

  John F. Kennedy

  Passion, Past, Thinking

  Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, en.wikisource.org. July 15, 1960.

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• What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an effort at problem-solving.

  Jeane Kirkpatrick

  Effort, Political, Problem

  "Cal Thomas: Mr. Trump, please pick John Bolton for State" by Cal Thomas, www.foxnews.com. December 1, 2016.

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• Earlier feminists were almost universally pro-choice and have dominated political debate until now. Having access to abortion was viewed as the only way women could have full equality with men, who, until recently, couldn't get pregnant.

  Kathleen Parker

  Pregnancy, Equality, Men

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• I know the media likes to personalize political debates, and I know the government will demonize me.

  Edward Snowden

  Government, Media, Political

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• I am convinced that whenever we exaggerate or demonize, oversimplify or overstate our case, we lose. Whenever we dumb down the political debate, we lose. For it's precisely the pursuit of ideological purity, the rigid orthodoxy and the sheer predictability of our current political debate, that keeps us from finding new ways to meet the challenges we face.

  Barack Obama

  Political, Dumb, Challenges

  Barack Obama (2006). “The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream”, p.31, Crown

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• Conventional wisdom suggests the primary motivator for entrepreneurs is money or wealth creation and, in fact, much of the political debate tends to center around what kind of tax or regulatory policy changes will turn corporate suits into small business adventurers overnight.

  Chip Conley

  Political, Entrepreneur, Suits

  "What Drives an Entrepreneur?" by Chip Conley, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 5, 2011.

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• We have talked about revoking French citizenship for some individuals. Therefore, I have decided to apply for citizenship, which in a way points out the contradictions of this bill that states the forfeiture of French citizenship exclusively to individuals holding dual nationalities. Through this application, I put myself in the midst of the French political debate and discredit everything that might be said against me about this matter.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Political, Might, Bills

  Source: themuslimtimes.info

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• I think that political parties are fuelling this fear in order to create divisions. The more we bring up fear, the more we neglect real political issues. Political debate in France is crumbling since every single issue is brought to Islam now.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Real, Party, Thinking

  Source: themuslimtimes.info

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• Political debate is political debate and that's fine. That's healthy.

  Rachel Notley

  Political, Healthy, Debate

  Source: www.cbc.ca

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• The United States is in the midst of many spirited political debates about national priorities and public spending... However, we have found that science is an area where both political parties can find common ground, and in which political change does not necessarily create discontinuities.

  John Gibbons

  Party, Priorities, Political

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• Even as the government dominates the headlines, private entrepreneurs are busy every day working to improve products and services that improve our lives. They do it without taxing us or regulating us, or making us suffer through tedious elections or political debates. They make their products and offer them to us in a way that pleases the consuming public the most. We can choose whether we want them or not.

  Llewellyn Rockwell

  Government, Entrepreneur, Political

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• The magical thinking encouraged by any belief in the supernatural, combined with the vilification of rationality and skepticism, is more conducive to conspiracy theories than it is to productive political debate.

  Wendy Kaminer

  Thinking, Political, Belief

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• Putting it in plain terms, the general public must be reduced to its traditional apathy and obedience, and driven from the arena of political debate and action, if democracy is to survive.

  Noam Chomsky

  Political, Democracy, Apathy

  Noam Chomsky (1989). “Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies”, p.3, Pluto Press

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• In India, we have a right wing that is so vicious and so openly wicked, which is the Baratiya Janata party (BJP), and then we have the Congress party, which does almost worse things, but does it by night. And people feel that the only choices they have are to vote for this or for that. And my point is that, whoever you vote for, it doesn't have to consume all the oxygen in the political debate.

  Arundhati Roy

  Party, Night, Oxygen

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• I think it's critical that we return national security issues to the center of the overall political debate in America.

  John Bolton

  Thinking, America, Issues

  Source: www.texastribune.org

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• Insofar as Trumpism was understood, it was seen as a side-effect of poverty, ignorance and educational failure. A cry from people who deserved sympathy, but who should never be allowed to set the terms of political debate.

  Fraser Nelson

  Educational, Ignorance, People

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• I think by not participating in the current political debate, hopefully I'm sending a signal that will help set a tone.

  George W. Bush

  Thinking, Political, Tone

  Source: www.aarp.org

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• Every country now has its own domestic political debate about how to respond to climate change. This is where the action is.

  Dale Jamieson

  Country, Political, Climate

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• Much as I would have liked to respond factually and truthfully to each and every piece of misinformation spread by the Brexit campaign, it was important that I stayed out of the domestic political debate. It was David Cameron's task to win the UK referendum, not ours.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Winning, Political, Important

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• I feel vulnerable when my ego is threatened - if I get jealous of another band's good time slot at a big festival, if I'm about to get clobbered in a political debate, if I'm trying to impress someone I have a crush on. It's the opposite of openness, letting go, allowing deep feelings to express themselves. For me, that comes from playing music and from kissing.

  Greg Saunier

  Crush, Letting Go, Jealous

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• I stated at Justice [John] Roberts' hearing, the court's injected itself into many of the political debates of our day.

  Sam Brownback

  Justice, Political, Hearing

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• He [Hugo Chavez] put poverty at the heart of political debate. Rightly so, given the country's immense inequality and poverty. He invested heavily in social programs such as literacy, health clinics, and education. He promoted Venezuela's indigenous culture and urged compatriots to take pride in its pre-Columbian history. He called time on the US treating Latin America as its backyard.

  Rory Carroll

  Country, Latin, Heart

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• While the political debate over abortion will continue for a very long time, the federal government can and should be doing more to support programs and services that provide women with better options.

  Tim Ryan

  Government, Long, Support

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