It’s easier to win an argument over a dinner you’re paying for.

While having one’s assertions challenged might be bad for an unintelligent man’s ego; it sure is good for his intellect.

You could argue I’m a loser, but I’d win that debate thus proving you wrong by proving you wrong.

As successful as these students are at debate tournaments, it all comes from the work they do before they leave.

…There are also those who inadvertently grant power to another man’s words by continuously trying to spite him. If a man gets to the point where he can simply say, ‘The sky is blue,’ and...

One reader of an early draft of this chapter complained at this point, saying that by treating the hypothesis of God as just one more scientific hypothesis, to be evaluated by the standards of science...

If we come out of this third debate on the presidential level with three victories and the extra added debate ends up being pivotal in this race, the White House might look at the chair...

The point here is to move forward, to get the debate moving from fault and blame to solutions.

There can be debate about whether the law should be changed (but) the idea that the President can just make up a law, in violation of his oath of office, has to be answered.

In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest.

By the very act of arguing, you awake the patient’s reason; and once it is awake, who can foresee the result?

The ‘pre-emption’ versus ‘prevention’ debate may be a distinction without much difference. The important thing is to have it understood that the United States is absolutely serious. The jihadists have in the past bragged that...

I don’t expect him to want to debate. He has a terrible record and no plan for the future.

What is stealing?When is it excusable? When is it a crime?’ Thomas looked uncomfortable as he read. Christian perked up. Belle saw Christian listening with interest and looked down at her shoes. ‘An action becomes...

In fact, the more each person can remove his or her ego from the discussion and focus on the subject matter, the more fruitful the conversation will be for all involved.

Ritual abuse is highly organised and, obviously, secretive. It is often linked with other major crimes such as child pornography, child prostitution, the drugs industry, trafficking, and many other illegal and heinous activities. Ritual abuse...

If you put it as ‘complex nervous systems’ it sounds pretty deflationary. What’s so special about a complex nervous system? But of course, that complex nervous system allows you to do calculus. It allows you...

He is opening the debate on entitlements. I think he wants to break the taboo on Medicare.

And you don’t care if the truth gets lost in the shuffle. Don’t you believe in anything?!

There’s more to logic than identifying logical fallacies.

I always wear my seat belt when I drive a point home.

The debate going on between us is really a debate about whether we want to take the Democratic Party back to where it was before Bill Clinton transformed it in 1992, or whether we want...

I am very cautious of people who are absolutely right, especially when they are vehemently so.

If someone pulls something and we get into a big debate about it, the public is totally left out of the debate. We’re going to try to avoid that and keep government totally open.

The truth is what we say it is…prove to me this desk is not a cow!

The research and critical thinking skills one garners from debate help as a student. The tools and skills you get from debate are of great value.

Our policy is the same toward the United States that it has so far been. There is no debate about relations and negotiation with the U.S. There has been no change in our policy.

We were divided by color. Not black and white, but colour/color. She was British, and I was honoured to engage her in a spelling debate.

I don’t really have a price tag. We should debate on how to use the surplus and not just rush to spend it,

No matter how you cut it, this real debate on personal accounts is about the legitimacy of Social Security; it’s not about the solvency of Social Security.

I’m absolutely thrilled, … It’s really nice to be able to take your research and lend something to the public debate about what’s going on. It’s really cool to get that recognition for myself and...

When you exist in the centre of a debate, as a topic, a hypothesis – otherised and stigmatised – you become the prop in a proposition.

I’ve enjoyed doing Wolf Blitzer’s program, and I even enjoyed having a heated debate with Bill O’Reilly. I will do it any time.

Edward genially enough did not disagree with what I said, but he didn’t seem to admit my point, either. I wanted to press him harder so I veered close enough to the ad hominem to...

We need to conduct a public debate on this issue.

We are not confined to the Starr referral, … That was the debate we had on the floor with the resolution that empowered us to review the material from the independent counsel. Mr. (Rick) Boucher...

The church tastes true delight, and the world only samples a counterfeit. Pastors cannot help but pull off the mask of worldly thinking and harmful societal developments as they preach and teach and disciple.

He likes to use his wit and verbal finesse to confuse others and win arguments. Although he can argue successfully that white is black and straight is crooked, you walk away with the feeling that...

This is a debate about two completely different judicial philosophies. It’s not about a litmus test issue. It’s not about one or two issues. It’s about literally dozens of issues that are part of a...

The problem will never be diversity, the challenging of tradition or the one person that questions the way life should be. The person that shows the world that this is wrong, there is a perspective...

I have witnessed how the power of listening, storytelling and embracing gray areas breaks through the rigid ‘us vs. them.

Even a debate in the council, perhaps at the foreign minister’s level, raises the ante and political tensions in capitals around the world that Iran is not meeting its obligations and appears to be developing...

Everyone involved really needs to look at the proposal and debate what makes sense, … We need to look closely at all of these issues and understand what the impact would be on these servers.

Our parties and Presidential candidates must find ways to differ without being destructive, to debate without demonizing, to put our national interest ahead of special interests, to take the long view rather than the most...

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

He’s like I am. He’s trying to be part of the debate, and in the end, I hope both of us are.

The clash of ideas is not weakness.Truth reaches its place when tussling with error.

Idolatry happens when you worship or praise anything excessively to the point of causing you to believe it reigns supreme. All things on this earth are temporal, even your very own desires. Be careful that...

Naturally, I always place my word over anyone else’s simply because I know why I said what I said.

He who cannot put his thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of dispute.