Lack of Debate Quotes

The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.

You don't hear much crosstalk on 'The Five.' When you try to make a point, the other person will back off.

I remember serving in Vietnam in that war, and many of us at the major Lieutenant Colonel, colonel level were frustrated that no one in the U.S. wanted to debate it that way.

People may believe that there can be a society where dissent is not permitted, but which is nonetheless not a fear society because everyone agrees with one another and therefore no one wants to dissent.

In many respects we now live in a society that is only formally democratic, as the great mass of citizens have minimal say on the major public issues of the day, and such issues are scarcely debated at all in any meaningful sense in the electoral arena

The Senate used to be a place of great debate and accomplishment. Now it is run like a dictatorship shutting out the voices of millions of Americans.

To exist in an echo chamber and only talk to people with whom we agree is fruitless.

What passes for real debate in Washington often seems more like an echo chamber, with politicians talking at politicians.

I've been doing these conventions for 20 years, and we used to at least have debates about issues. Nothing is happening basically at this convention, other than speeches.