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“I read where they are going to limit debate in the Senate. It used to be that a man could talk all day, but now, as soon as he tells all he knows, he has to sit down. Most of these birds will just be getting up and nodding now. Why, some of them won't be able to answer roll call.”

Knows Men Able Used Politics Answers Limits Bird Debate Used To Be Senate Nodding

Book:The Will Rogers scrapbook

Source: The Will Rogers scrapbook

“In the end, I'm convinced we will all benefit if suspicion is replaced by discussion, innuendo by dialogue; if the emphasis in our debate turns from a search for talismanic criteria and neat but simplistic answers to an honest - more intelligent - attempt at describing the role religion has in our public affairs, and the limits placed on that role.”

Source: Public Papers of Governor Mario M. Cuomo, 1984

“Watching the debate this afternoon it was apparent they loved term limits in the House - as Brutus loved Caesar.”

House Term Limits Debate Afternoon Term Limits Brutus

Author:Bill Moyers

“You cannot limit the debate to being solely in favour or against. It should be more complex. When you condemn, you need to understand what led to it. In general, if it is our responsibility to condemn terrorist actions after they had happened, we have an even greater responsibility beforehand to make sure they won't happen.”

Ifs Needs Should Happens Action Responsibility Greater Happened Limits Complexes Debate Terrorist Favour

Author:Tariq Ramadan

“There is a lot of flesh to be put on the bones - but there is at least an opening for a more pragmatic, less ideological debate about how to build economies that work for people, within the limits of our planet.”

People Economy Planets Limits Bones Flesh Debate Opening Our Planet Ideological Pragmatic

Author:Mariana Mazzucato

“The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I, therefore, intend to oppose the effort to increase America's debt.”

Facts Problem Today America Leadership Effort Limits Deserve Increase Debt Debate National Debt Deserve Better Debt Ceiling Failure Of Leadership

Author:Barack Obama

“It is never smart, even in a strong democracy, to declare some debate off limits. In a weakening democracy it is catastrophic.”

Strong Democracy Limits Smart Debate Weakening

Author:Naomi Wolf

“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.”

Source: How the World Works

“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum - even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate.”

Source: How the World Works

“Markets are useful instruments for organizing productive activity. But unless we want to let the market rewrite the norms that govern social institutions, we need a public debate about the moral limits of markets.”

Want Needs Social Moral Activity Limits Institutions Instruments Debate Productive Norm Social Institutions

Book:Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

Source: Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?