The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged rather than to march, to the intended goal. Something of this sort must, I think, always happen in public democratic assemblies. Alexis de Tocqueville
The ethical debates are like stones in a stream. The water runs around them. You haven't seen any biological technologies held up for one week by any of these debates. Ray Kurzweil
That a literature in our time is living is shown in that way that it debates problems. Georg Brandes
The overarching issue, as I see it, is the elitism of America's political system; the fact that regular, ordinary Americans aren't considered in policy debates or legislation, and regularly get shafted by the powers-that-be in Washington. Jerry Springer
The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress. Hendrik Willem van Loon
In my downtime, for fun, I engage in philosophical internet debates. Yeah, I'm that guy. Scott Clifton