Famous Quotes & Sayings

Henry Hyde

There are many voices telling us to halt this debate, that the people are weary of it all, ... There are other voices suggesting we have a duty to debate the many questions raised by the circumstances in which we find ourselves, questions of high consequence for constitutional government.... What is the significance of a false statement under oath? Is it essentially different from a garden variety lie? A mental reservation? A fib? An evasion? A little white lie? Hyperbole?

Michael K. Powell

What scared me in that debate is that it's not about the ownership rules at all. The vast majority of people don't even know what the rules say, to be perfectly candid. Name all six of them.

Andy Kindler

You tell me that 'Date Night' was good? I'm not going to see it. I will debate you on it, having no knowledge of the footage in the film. I was next to someone on the plane watching it, and they were dozing off.

Dennis Hastert

We're there, ... We can debate the reasons why we're there. ... But we are there.

There are a number of Floridians interested in this debate.

The GOP was the party of Joe McCarthy. . . . Now, though, it is the Democrats who . . . stifle debate and smother thought.

We've had much debate here about the holiday season, ... Higher gas prices have mostly taken more money away from low-income consumers.

We will definitely debate the governor, and whether we come up with a number of 10 at the moment or something else, we're definitely looking forward to debating him.

This reopens the debate about the validity of the findings of a protective effect for moderate drinkers, and it suggests that studies in the future be better designed to take this potential error into account.

Michael Johns

To be sure, debates will linger about whether Medicare is too large or too small. Debates remain about the allocation of Medicare dollars. But December 8, 2003, demonstrated that there is no debate about this most fundamental fact: Medicare must survive.

We will have a very tough debate in the second half of 2002,

We are entitled to a great national debate, ... and we shouldn't shy away from it.

We are quite open, but we don't want a debate style, it is too confrontational in this kind of situation. We are willing to sit down and talk with all parties concerned, but still think it should be a closed-door session.

The outlook improved when the debate in the Senate was moved up.

Tom Daschle

There are other ways to spend that money, ... In our view, all of these issues are relevant to the debate on the marriage penalty.

Glenn Greenwald

There's a perennial debate about whether the propagandistic tripe produced by establishment media outlets is shaped more by evil or by stupidity. Personally, I think it's both: a healthy dose of each is needed. The system design is malicious, while those who serve as its public face are generally vacant.

We are not going to get ourselves pushed into a debate about the leadership.

Where defibrillators should be placed, especially in a time of limited financial resources, involves an important debate.

William Daley

There are three debates and I think the American people are going to make a decision after they see all three formats,

Paul Bloom

Most of us know nothing about constitutional law, so it's hardly surprising that we take sides in the Obamacare debate the way we root for the Red Sox or the Yankees. Loyalty to the team is what matters.

Mustafa Akyol

There is a heated debate in Turkey these days over whether the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is furthering democracy or rolling it back.

Three months ago, the debate was whether the economy was still declining or going sideways. Now the debate is whether the economy is going sideways or whether it is improving.

Julia Robinson

We aren't pushing a particular agenda, but we're opening a dialogue on how we need to be doing something different. We think it is positive to talk about ideas. We selected the university to do that because the university is intended to be a place where you can debate ideas without being polarized.

We have a whole new dynamic brewing here -- a new social movement of sorts in the debate over immigration.

Rod Paige

We have a very diverse system and not withstanding all the debate, this package is right down the center,

We'll have a decent debate in the Labor Party on the mines policy.

Arlen Specter

Unfortunately, the debate over that advertisement has become a distraction from the serious discussion we hoped to have with the American public,

Whether it is guest workers or other forms of broadening immigration for our labor-force needs, ... that debate is starting to unfold and it is a debate that we need to have.

Scott Horowitz

We know that there's hydrogen there?but there is a huge debate as to what that hydrogen is locked up with. If there is water there, that's a big deal?a huge impact on how we do exploration.

I would say that the immigration debate is as hot as gun control, abortion, the war in Iraq. I've never seen it this hot in terms of emotion.

George H. W. Bush

John Kerry could debate himself for ninty minutes.

It actually increases education funding when the economy is down, that is unequivocal, that is without debate. Then when the economy is doing well, the legislature could put the money back in or not. It's up to the legislature. Its not automatic.

Steven Hall

What we don't want to do is turn the forum into a debate.