Lennie James Quotes

Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle.

The average citizen in this county has more intelligence and sense in his little finger than the editor of 'The New York Times' has in his whole head.

The editorial page is where you'll find our opinions, while the letters columns and the space for Op-Ed contributors are a forum for debate and discussion.

There is nothing more amusing than when two people known for being non-objective argue over objectivity. This is the summation of Keith Olbermann vs. Ted Koppell.

I don't want to get into an argument with somebody about how they ought to vote.

Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.

It is pretty hard to find the right result to a controversial issue.

I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.

Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about.

There's always merit to having a debate.

I don't get to watch a lot of TV. I just do all my news and reading and 'Meet the Press,' all that fun, exciting stuff.

No matter what side of an argument you're on, you always find some people on your side that wish you were on the other side.

I think punditry serves no purpose.

If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast.

It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Every year, the White House Correspondents' Dinner inspires two competing varieties of coverage: celebrity-obsessed fawning and angry tirades about how it represents everything twisted about our broken democracy. It doesn't, really.

As much as I disagreed with every second of 'Fahrenheit 9/11,' the fact that it is out made me jump for joy.

I think people are smart enough to sort it out. They know when they're watching one of these food fight shows where journalists sit around and yell and scream at each other, versus serious issue reporting.

I am not arguing with you - I am telling you.

I read the papers like everybody else, so I don't complain about what they print.

I do a lot of reading of news so I can be smarter, and I do a lot of watching TV news so I can know why Americans aren't very smart. Then I can point out the hypocrisy of politicians or the media.

I don't want to make videos where people are always happy and they're agreeing. It's boring! Do something where people can talk about it.

It has been one of my difficulties, in arguing this question out of doors with friends or strangers, that I rarely find any intelligible agreement as to the object of the war.

I think any List of Best X creates arguments and people saying 'You listed that rubbish?' That's what lists like this are for.

In America we don’t apologize for opinions, that’s why we have a 1st Amendment. If we can’t discuss even controversial opinions in the pages of our newspapers, where are we going to do it?