Anthony Carmona Quotes

The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.

Somewhere in this we got into impugning people's character and motives if we didn't like their ideas. We gotta get back to just debating ideas.

Let's cultivate an environment, not just in beauty pageants but in society in general, where we argue like we're right but listen like we're wrong.

I enjoy being around people who disagree with me; and I enjoy being in non-political contexts and activities.

I suspect that no community will become humane and caring by restricting what its members can say.

America is ready for intelligent talk. I am ready to bring some humanity to TV.

The word 'tolerance' once meant we all have the right to argue rationally for our deepest convictions in the public arena. Now it means those convictions are not even subject to rational debate.

You don't tell people who disagree with you they'd be better off somewhere else. And you don't reduce them to stereotypes; you address them as fully formed people worthy of respect. You try to persuade them.

Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality.

True respect means taking other people's beliefs seriously and assuming they are adult and intelligent enough to be able to cope with it if you tell them, clearly and civility, why you think they are totally, utterly and disastrously wrong.

We don’t need to ban bad ideas. We just need to criticize bad ideas.

I think it's important to have conversation about things instead of shutting things down.

I attack ideas. I don't attack people. And some very good people have some very bad ideas. And if you can't separate the two, you gotta get another day job. You don't want to be a judge. At least not a judge on a multi-member panel.

One of the hallmarks of higher education and of democracy is the ability to converse with people with whom we disagree.

Civilized discourse demands critical thinking, self-reflexiveness, sober-headed analysis.

We must have real debates where disagreements exist, listen to each other, not shy away from ideas different from our own and treat people with respect.

If you're also in the arena and you're putting your ideas out and you're owning them and you're saying "I disagree with you about this and that, I think you've got this wrong" - then not only do I invite that, I freaking love that. I love that. I'm an academic. I'm hardwired for a good debate.

Our society needs to become less fragmented and more open to alternative viewpoints.

If you disagree with me about a position I have taken, or what I've done, tell me, argue with me, debate. Sometimes, right and good are not that clear; at other times, it is only deliberate and respectful debate that leads us to understand what road we should take.

The best thing we can do when we want to elevate civil dialogue in our American political discourse is to do whatever we can to make sure we treat others kindly with dignity and respect, and that's what I intend to do.

We can have our beliefs and still read and discuss things.

We should not live in fear, we should all enjoy being able to express our views freely and openly, challenge each other on issues.

Together, we must all remember that one of the most effective responses to hate speech is more speech.

We all lose when bullying and personal attacks become a substitute for genuine conversation and principled disagreement.

The ideal is to build a culture of healthy discussion, where everyone's ideas are valued. At KIND, we want everyone to be comfortable challenging my or anyone else's ideas without ever feeling or making someone else feel that the questioning is a personal attack.