The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information.
Debate is healthy and no one in this chamber - starting with me - has a monopoly on being right.
I have worked to expand the health care debate beyond the current for-profit system, to include a public option and an amendment to free the states to pursue single payer.
A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians with higher goals. But all of them get corrupted by power.
What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an effort at problem-solving.
The dinner table is a lively debate, and everybody weighs in in a different way. I like that, though.
Is there something to be said for the writings of the Marquis? Is there something to be said for pornography? And is there something to be said against both? I hope our film is balanced and rich enough to encourage debate and discussion.
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.
It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.
It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.
I raise this objection to debate the process, and protect the integrity of the true will of the people.
I am convinced that we as a body must conduct a formal and legitimate debate about election irregularities.
You've got to work things out in the cloakroom, and when you've got them worked out, you can debate a little before you vote.
To be sure, debates will linger about whether Medicare is too large or too small. Debates remain about the allocation of Medicare dollars. But December 8, 2003, demonstrated that there is no debate about this most fundamental fact: Medicare must survive.
Every candidate goes into every debate hoping that they can own a particular moment.