“The Department of Justice is committed to asking one central question of everything we do: What is the right thing to do? Now that can produce debate, and I want it to be spirited debate. I want the lawyers of America to be able to call me and tell me: Janet, have you lost your mind?” WantMindAbleAmericaSuccessLostJusticeProduceAskingCommittedLawyerDebateThings To DoRight ThingDepartmentCall MeSpiritedLost Your Mind Author:Janet Reno
“A good argument diluted to avoid criticism is not nearly as good as the undiluted argument, because we best arrive at truth through a process of honest and vigorous debate. Arguments should not sneak around in disguise, as if dissent were somehow sinister... For it is bravery that is required to secure freedom.” IfsShouldTruthProcessBlackJusticeCourageHonestSpeechArgumentCriticismBraveryDebateSecureDisguiseDissentVigorousSneakSinister Author:Clarence Thomas
“There is no debate in the scientific community...We need [Congress] to change things, not to deny what's happening.” NeedsRealitySciencePoliticsNatureCommunityLeadershipJusticePolicyHappeningsEthicsUnityCongressDenyDebate Author:Bill Nye
“Ethics and Equity are at the core of debate of climate change. Debate has to move from Climate Change to Climate Justice.” MovingJusticeEthicsIndiaClimateClimate ChangeDebateCoreEquity Author:Narendra Modi
“In the very first debate I was asked am I a moderate or a progressive and I said I'm a progressive who likes to get things done. Cherry picking a quote here or there doesn't change my record of having fought for racial justice, having fought for kids rights, having fought the kind of inequities that fueled my interest in service in the first place going back to my days in the Children's Defense Fund.” FirstsKindChildrenSaidDoneKidsInterestJusticeRecordsRightsDefenseDebateLikesFundProgressiveModeratesThings DoneCherriesRacial Justice Author:Hillary Clinton
“He [Louis Brandeis] would have not had any patience with that great debate which you're right to kind of signal between Justice Scalia and Justice Alito about do you need a physical trespass into the home or onto the carriage in order to trigger the values of the Fourth Amendment.” NeedsKindHomeValuesOrderJusticeDebateAmendmentsFourthSignalsTriggersCarriagesFourth AmendmentLouis BrandeisJustice Scalia Author:Jeffrey Rosen