Controversial Issues Quotes

When I was growing up, my parents were almost involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. And it was very controversial to be involved with that.

You don't mess with politics and religion. Leave it alone. People get upset at that sometimes.

Doubtless there are times when controversy becomes a necessary evil. But let us remember that it is an evil.

I want to stay away from politics, or else I'll probably end up putting my size fifteen foot into my mouth.

Your mom was right when she told you never to discuss politics and religion because emotions run so high in those arenas. Especially religion.

Every once in a while an issue comes up where I have to make a statement. I can't totally avoid all political issues, but I try my best to minimize them. When I do make a statement, I try to be fairly neutral.

Who knows controversies better than me? The controversies always chase people who are active and decision makers.

Yisrael Beiteinu is a party that puts on the table all the problems that people are afraid to speak about.

Many activists and antagonists who are on the wrong side of an issue employ the tactic of, 'the best defense is a good offense.'

We will not put a lid on opinions. On the contrary, it is more important than ever that political debates are open and free, even on the most difficult issues. Especially on the most difficult issues. The task is to encourage controversial debates in a form that strengthens democracy.

Working in any country where you want to talk about the kind of issues that other people don't want to talk about is difficult.

Hollywood is very divisive.

You'll never get me to speak religion. You'll never get me to speak politics.

Fortunately, I don't talk about politics on stage.

America puts killers on the cover of 'TIME' magazine, giving them as much notoriety as our favorite movie stars.

It takes some courage to write fiction about politically controversial topics. The dread is you'll be labeled a political writer.

Something outrageous, in the truest sense of the word, is always happening. On social networks, we're always voicing our reactions to these outrageous events. We read essays and 'think pieces' about these outrageous events. We comment on the commentary. We do this because we can.

It's so easy to trigger everyone these days, especially if you mention President Donald Trump.

I stay as far away from politics as possible, or any controversy.

Legalizing abortion to get government out of the bedroom is like legalizing cannibalism to get government out of the kitchen.

The abortion industry is interested in nothing but the bottom line.

In the sphere of religion, as in other spheres, the things about which men are agreed are apt to be the things that are least worth holding; the really important things are the things about which men will fight.

My wife runs the charity Reprieve, and so rendition, droning, and capital punishment are very much the topics of our dinner table because of that.

There's obviously a lot of controversy around the issue of hunting as there is around gambling, and I like these stories where there is a moral dimension, stories that force you to think about your prejudices about a subject and explore the extent to which they are justified.

It still surprises me when I find something in any North Carolina newspaper that isn't mad at me about something.