“When you resort to attacking the messenger and not the message, you have lost the debate.”
Addison Whithecomb
“Competitive debate builds confidence, improves academic achievement, and develops leadership skills. The Houston Urban Debate League is bringing competitive debate into more high schools across the city, and that is great news for our schools and for our community. With the HUDL leading the charge, Great Debaters will develop and thrive throughout Houston.”
Harvin Moore
“"Let me light my lamp", says the star, "And never debate if it will help to remove the darkness”
Rabindranath Tagore
“When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether you think I'll like it or not. Disagreement, at this stage, stimulates me. But once a decision has been made, the debate ends. From that point on, loyalty means executing the decision as if it were your own.”
Colin Powell
“John Kerry could debate himself for ninty minutes.”
George W. Bush
“Our political differences, now matter how sharply they are debated, are really quite narrow in comparison to the remarkably durable national consensus on our founding convictions.”
John McCain
“Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.”
Hubert H. Humphrey
