Bill Dedman Quotes

The U.S. is, so far as I know, the only nation which places such extensive reliance on the polygraph. It has gotten us into a lot of trouble.

One of the inevitable aspects of debates about euthanasia is the reluctance on the part of advocates to confront the essence of what they propose.

Why is there such controversy about drug testing? I know plenty of guys who'd be willing to test any drug they can come up with.

The Operative tried to implement the Purusey breathing technique, which has been proven effective at fooling polygraphs. There is no conclusive evidence as to whether it is effective at masking the internal lie detectors of fifteen-year-old boys.

We must all be profoundly grateful for the magnificent achievements of our forbearers in this century. Yet perhaps in the daily press of events, in the clash of controversy, we don't see our own time for what it truly is - a new dawn for America.

I like the free-speech stuff, the political-correctness stuff.

I've always been very wary of debates involving women.

I think art should be controversial. I think it should make people think.

I don't want to get into political mudslinging.

Sex and politics are a lot alike. You don't have to be good at them to enjoy them.

One of the greatest values of controversy is its revealing nature. The real issues at stake come into the open and have the possibility of being reconciled.

Except under rare circumstances, I don't write responses to criticism.

An opinion which excites no opposition at all is not worth having!

You ever notice that everyone who believes in creationism looks really un-evolved?

Do I have opinions that might piss people off? Yes - that's what I'm here for.

Of course, there were huge disagreements in the arguments of military intervention, .. There is no point at the moment on focusing on those disagreements.

To that there is an answer.

Some theories are good for nothing except to be argued about.

The noble lord is the Rupert of debate.

No one fights with more principle and passion than Michael Gove.

I cannot believe that [Donald Trump] is actually in the debates.

Oh, sure... I was trying to make to make a point that we shouldn't be afraid to debate the left, even on the environment. That was obviously misconstrued, and that's one of the things I probably won't do again

What do you say we lighten things up and talk about abortion?

Controversy, though always an evil in itself, is sometimes a necessary evil.