“I actually prepared Vice President Biden for his debate in the last election. I played Sarah Palin. It's a little tough debating a woman.” LittlesLastsPresidentToughElectionPreparedVicesDebateVice PresidentPalinBiden Author:Jennifer Granholm
“There's all of this stuff where we have so much debate over nonsense; it could be cured if we had a better educational system, if we trained people to really try and look into things on their own. That's a tough thing to do, particularly with the educational system staggering.” PeopleIfsTryingLooksStuffToughEducationalDebateThings To DoNonsenseEducational SystemStaggeringTough Things Author:Paul R. Ehrlich
“Rand Paul tried hard to upstage Donald Trump at the first debate, talking tough about his guns and his right not to register them. But with his pixie-ish perm, Paul does not impress me as the gunslinger type. Rand Paul is the RuPaul of politics. He would do better to defend his right to carry an unregistered blow-dryer and curling irons.” FirstsDoeHardTalkingTypeTrumpGunToughBlowDebateIronImpressRegisterGunslingerPixiesDryersPerms Author:Michael R. Burch
“We suffer from a terrible poverty of civic discourse in this country. Surely, it is outside of America's best traditions to send the signal that patriotism is mindless emotion, that leadership is avoiding saying tough things, that citizenship is toeing the line. But such is the result of a lack of openness, our nervousness with debate.” CountryAmericaSufferingLinesResultsEmotionPovertyTerribleToughTraditionDebateOpennessCitizenshipAvoidingDiscourseSignalsCivicsMindlessNervousnessTough Things Author:Geneva Overholser
“Take the [1980] Jimmy Carter-Ronald Reagan debate. Carter kept trying to imply that somehow Ronald Reagan was going to push the button, or was irresponsible with nuclear war. You might have been able to make the case that Carter was responsible. But it's very tough when you see a person with Reagan's nice-guy persona up there to believe this guy somehow wants nuclear war, that he somehow wants to antagonize the Russians into an attack. It's just not credible; it doesn't cut with what all your other senses are telling you.” WantTryingBelievePersonsHas BeensWarMightAbleGuyCasesNiceCuttingToughResponsibleNuclearDebateSensesButtonsThis GuyMight Have BeenPersonaIrresponsibleJimmyCarterNuclear WarCredibleNice Guy Author:Roger Ailes
“I don't think we need to have an either/or debate about the use of military force - I think you can be both tough and smart.” ThinkingNeedsUseForceMilitarySmartToughDebateMilitary ForceEither Or Author:Hillary Clinton
“Britain is a great country. We can more or less say what we like, and we can walk down the street without anyone trying to kill us. I know it's tough for some people, but generally we live in a caring society. We live in a great country, but we're no longer a great power. Part of the problem with some elements of the European debate is that they hanker for the days when we were a great power. Those days are gone, and they went a long time ago.” PeopleTryingLongCountryProblemToughCaringDebateGreat PowerGreat Country Author:Billy Bragg
“Donald Trump can't even handle the rough and tumble of a presidential campaign. He loses his cool at the slightest provocation. When he has gotten a tough question from a reporter, when he is challenged in a debate. When he sees a protester at a rally. Imagine, if you dare imagine, imagine him in the Oval Office facing a real crisis. A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons. And in the end, it comes down to what Donald Trump doesn't get, America is great because America is good.” MenRealImagineOfficeToughCrisisDareDebatePresidentialRoughNuclear WeaponsTweetPresidential Campaign Author:Hillary Clinton
“For all the tough talk about China during the presidential debates, Romney and Obama evaded any mention of China's suspect human rights record, corruption, and rule of law. By not tackling these controversial topics, the candidates are protecting a strategic partnership with China at the expense of essential human values and beliefs.” HumansLawValuesBeliefRecordsRightsEssentialsToughHuman RightsCorruptionChinaDebatePresidentialCandidatesSuspectsExpensesPartnershipTopicsRomneyStrategicControversialRule Of LawHuman ValuesTacklingPresidential DebateControversial Topics Author:Ai Weiwei