Limited Discussion Quotes

I read where they are going to limit debate in the Senate. It used to be that a man could talk all day, but now, as soon as he tells all he knows, he has to sit down. Most of these birds will just be getting up and nodding now. Why, some of them won't be able to answer roll call.

What's wrong with Singapore is the idea that things need to be done in a certain way or not at all. Black or white. No room for alternative discussion.

Get the process of negotiation away from the small specialized group that some people have called the "nuclear theologians" ... Only a few people can understand the nature of these weapons ... This kept the whole discussion to a very limited group of people who, in a way, had assumed responsibility for saying whether we should live or die.

If one is only to talk from first-hand experience, conversation would be a very poor business.

That sir is a matter of too great importance to discuss in a five minute interview, now rapidly drawing to a close.

My father, unusually for a PoW, talked about his experiences, but he talked about them in a very limited way.

But we're not supposed to talk anything besides football.

The process for producing public policy in Congress is flawed. The process itself kills policy ideas through the bypassing of the rules and procedural decisions that limit discussion.

At meetings he asks specific questions of his subordinates, and they supply answers; there is no greater discussion. His decision-making has become almsot totally reactive. It is based, not on goals, but on threats.