Quotes about Debate

The Bible will always be the center of controversy.

If you didn't believe in objective truth, arguments would be just toys, or games, or jokes.

In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth.

The truth of the matter is there is significant debate among judicial scholars today as to whether or not we've gone off on the wrong path with regard to Supreme Court decisions.

Whenever you write on a subject that questions the status quo, there are bound to be many who wrestle with the issues

It's probably incorrect to say that Islam is 'a religion of peace,' as some politicians like to say. Overstatements like that don't clarify anything.

Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered.

Atheists have had to resort to wild speculations to give chance more of a chance.

Atheists must make a positive case that only material things exist. That's why instead of debating "Does God exist?" I prefer to debate the question "What better explains reality: atheism or theism?

I may not agree with what you have to say but I will fight you to the death for the right to fight you to the death.

If you cannot answer a man's argument, all it not lost; you can still call him vile names.

We ought to be able to persuade on opposite sides of a question; as also we ought in the case of arguing by syllogism: not that we should practice both, for it is not right to persuade to what is bad; but in order that the bearing of the case may not escape us, and that when another makes an unfair use of these reasonings, we may be able to solve them.