In 1992, James Stockdale in the vice presidential debate said, “Who am I? Why am I here?”
b. Ronald Reagan in a presidential debate in 1984 said, “I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent’s youth and inexperience.”
c. Hillary Clinton once said, “What we have to do… is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities.”
d. Friedrich Nietzsche was recorded stating, “Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate.”
e. “I love argument, I love debate. I don’t expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that’s not their job,” said Margaret Thatcher.
f. Mos Def once voiced his opinion by stating, “I’m not shy about heated debate or passionate discourse, but when people get crazy or rude, that’s a buzz kill. There’s got to be a better code of conduct, some basic etiquette.”
g. Hillary Clinton once said, “Freedom means the right of people to assemble, organize, and debate openly.”
h. Evo Morales strictly said, “I don’t debate with liars.”
i. Hubert H. Humphrey stated, “Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.”
j. Elbert Hubbard once said, “It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.”
k. “The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines,” said Charles de Gaulle.
l. Julia Walters once said, “Debate is so much better than denial.”
m. Joseph Joubert stated, “It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.”
n. “I have always been aware that you have to get people listening before you can change their minds. Any artist’s big fear is being ignored, so if you get debate, that’s great,” said Damien Hirst.
o. Barbara Jordan once said, “It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.”