“My goal in Baghdad was to facilitate a debate here in the United States on America's policy toward Iraq, a debate that's been sadly lacking.” StatesAmericaGoalUnitedUnited StatesPolicyIraqDebateLackingFacilitateBaghdad Author:Scott Ritter
“Liberals have a new wish every time their latest wish is granted. Conservatives should make them spell out their principles and ideals. Instead of doing this, conservatives allow liberals to pursue incremental goals without revealing their ultimate destination. So, thanks to the negligence of their opponents, liberals control the terms of every debate by always demanding 'more' while never defining 'enough.' The predictable result is that they always get more, and it's never enough.” ShouldEnoughPoliticsWishGoalTermResultsPrinciplesIdealsUltimateDebatePursueThanksGrantedOpponentsDestinationSpellsRevealingDefiningPredictableNegligence Author:Joseph Sobran
“The goal was 'every child a wanted child'; it should also have been 'every abortion a wanted abortion', but the two sides of the phony debate were never to meet.” ShouldChildrenHas BeensTwoWantedSidesGoalDebateAbortionTwo SidesPhony Author:Germaine Greer
“If someone can produce the law that keeps guns out of the hands of criminals but protects the right of law-abiding citizens to possess them, and doesn't infringe on those rights, I would consider that. But all the proposals I've seen do not achieve that goal. And we are missing a golden opportunity to have an important debate about violence in the USA. Violence in our society is the problem.” IfsImportantProblemHandsLawOpportunityGoalRightsViolenceAchieveMissingProduceCitizensProtectGunCriminalsDebateGoldenUsaOur SocietyProposalAbidingLaw Abiding CitizenGolden Opportunity Author:Marco Rubio
“To debate political objectives, views, and goals is the most American thing conceivable.” PoliticalGoalViewsDebateObjectives Author:Lou Reed
“When you are interviewing someone, you have a chance to follow up, to press, to dig in. In a debate there's 30 seconds for the other guy, too. And the goal is to get them to engage with each other, not to engage you necessarily.” GuyGoalChancePressesDebateSecondsOther GuysFollow UpInterviewing Someone Author:Gwen Ifill