“The country is facing a fiscal crisis, and the United States Senate is at the center of the debate about how to bring federal spending under control.” CountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesCrisisSpendingDebateSenateFederal Spending Author:Jeff Flake
“I don't know if I'd call myself a prodigy, but I was a big forensics competitor in high school, and then during college I spent some time working at speech and debate camps as a coach.” IfsKnowsBigsSchoolCollegeSpeechHigh SchoolCoachesDebateCampsCompetitorsProdigiesForensics Author:Josh Gad
“While this debate today is a belated effort to inform the American people, it is nevertheless an empty gesture. It is time to admit our mistake in Iraq and begin to bring our troops home with honor.” PeopleHomeTodayEffortMistakeHonorEmptyIraqDebateGesturesTroopsNeverthelessOur TroopsBelated Author:Raul Grijalva
“Finding the right form of debate regarding Israeli policies will remain a challenge in Germany. Even with every conceivable and warranted criticism, the danger always arises that it will be exploited by those who consciously or unconsciously present anti-Semitism in a new guise.” FormChallengesDangerPolicyFindingsCriticismDebateAriseGermanyIsraeliAnti SemitismGuise Author:Sigmar Gabriel
“You can get on with your job. I'm going to get on with mine. And mine is to deliver for the people of Northern Ireland, that's what they expect from me and I'm not going to be deflected by interesting academic or media speculation or attempts to take the whole debate back.” PeopleWholeJobsInterestingMediaMinesDebateAcademicIrelandSpeculationNorthern Ireland Author:Peter Hain
“The debate on how to shrink the federal government is at the core of our problem of government not doing its job.” ProblemGovernmentJobsDebateCoreFederal GovernmentShrinks Author:Darrell Issa
“The US constitution's First Amendment rights only cover Americans, but I believe that in a democracy the competition of ideas and free speech should combat beliefs that it does not agree with - more speech and debate, not censorship.” ShouldFirstsBelieveDoeIdeasBeliefI BelieveDemocracyRightsSpeechConstitutionAgreeCompetitionDebateCombatCensorshipAmendmentsFree SpeechFirst AmendmentUs ConstitutionFirst Amendment Rights Author:Joichi Ito
“The Chinese people have been forced to forget the Tiananmen massacre. There has been no public debate about the event, no official apology. The media aren't allowed to mention it. Still today people are being persecuted and imprisoned for disseminating information about it.” PeopleHas BeensStillsTodayForgetMediaEventsInformationDebateChineseOfficialsApologyPersecutedMassacres Author:Ma Jian
“As more and more people awaken to the threats against our basic rights online, we must start a debate - everywhere - about the web we want.” PeopleWantRightsThreatDebateOnlineBasic Rights Author:Tim Berners-Lee
“I don't think it should be a surprise when we're talking about energy and trying to have more home-grown energy, be less reliant on foreign oil when you look at our health care that we're trying to get more affordable health care, that these are going to create major debates in this country and be somewhat polarizing.” ThinkingShouldTryingLooksCountryHomeCareEnergyTalkingMajorsSurpriseOilDebateHealth CareAffordableForeign OilPolarizingAffordable Health Care Author:Amy Klobuchar
“My political career goes back to the '60s and those were times of vigorous debates.” PoliticalCareersDebateVigorous Author:Dennis Kucinich
“I've led a school whose faculty and students examine and discuss and debate every aspect of our law and legal system. And what I've learned most is that no one has a monopoly on truth or wisdom. I've learned that we make progress by listening to each other, across every apparent political or ideological divide.” WisdomTruthSchoolLawPoliticalOpinionLearningProgressStudentsListeningAspectDebateI've LearnedFacultyDividesMonopolyIdeologicalDiscussingExaminingLegal SystemOpposing Views Author:Elena Kagan
“When the world has 1,000, 2,000, 3,000 nuclear plants, can we call that a safe world? I think we need to properly have this debate.” ThinkingWorldNeedsSafePlantNuclearDebateNuclear Plants Author:Naoto Kan