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• In the current climate motorists have a long list of issues from which to choose to raise on the doorstep. Policies aimed at reducing emissions - like the changes to Vehicle Excise Duty or here in Manchester the proposals for congestion charges - are not without controversy.

  Lucy Powell

  Issues, Long, Lists

  "The plea of car owners ..." by Lucy Powell, www.theguardian.com. July 11, 2008.

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• La mayoría de los demócratas centristas... intentan distanciarse de las polémicas que recuerdan a los años sesenta. También hay centristas periodísticos, que evitan las verdades duras en aras de la aceptación y la legitimidad.

  Tom Hayden

  Distancia, Aceptación, Intento

  Tom Hayden (2008). "Escritos para una sociedad democrática: The Tom Hayden Reader", City Lights Publishers

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• En la controversia moderna ha surgido el hábito imbécil de decir que tal o cual credo puede sostenerse en una época pero no puede sostenerse en otra. Algún dogma, se nos dice, era creíble en el siglo XII, pero no lo es en el XX. También se podría decir que cierta filosofía se puede creer los lunes, pero no se puede creer los martes. También se podría decir de una visión del cosmos que era adecuada para las tres y media, pero no para las cuatro y media. Lo que un hombre puede creer depende de su filosofía, no del reloj o del siglo.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Monday, Philosophy, Believe

  Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.55, Simon and Schuster

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• La izquierda está entrando en una nueva fase de agitación ideológica en la que ya no intenta ganar el debate, sino detenerlo por completo, desterrando del discurso público toda oposición. La palabra adecuada para esta actitud es totalitaria. Declara terminadas ciertas controversias e impone graves consecuencias, desde el ostracismo social hasta la defenestración profesional, a quienes se niegan a ser silenciados.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Attitude, Winning, Trying

  "Charles Krauthammer: Thought police on patrol". www.washingtonpost.com. April 10, 2014.

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• Darwin's book, On the Origin of Species, was published in 1859. It is perhaps the most influential book that has ever been published, because it was read by scientist and non- scientist alike, and it aroused violent controversy. Religious people disliked it because it appeared to dispense with God; scientists liked it because it seemed to solve the most important problem in the universe-the existence of living matter. In fact, evolution became in a sense a scientific religion; almost all scientists have accepted it and many are prepared to 'bend' their observations to fit in with it.

  Henry Lipson

  Religious, Book, People

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• I like controversy. The more controversial it gets, the more interesting it is.

  Marco Brambilla

  Interesting, Controversial

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• There is no controversy within science over the core proposition of evolutionary theory.

  Kenneth R. Miller

  Theory, Propositions, Core

  "Opening Arguments Made in 'Intelligent Design' Court Case" by The Associated Press, www.livescience.com. September 26, 2005.

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• If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.

  Julian Assange

  Media, Journalism, Controversial

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Siempre he intentado mantenerme al margen y no ser objeto de polémica.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Fray, Objects

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• No doubt science cannot admit of compromises, and can only bring out the complete truth. Hence there must be controversy, and the strife may be, and sometimes must be, sharp. But must it even then be personal? Does it help science to attack the man as well as the statement? On the contrary, has not science the noble privilege of carrying on its controversies without personal quarrels?

  Rudolf Virchow

  Science, Men, Doubt

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• We are not called upon to enter into controversy with those who hold false theories. Controversy is unprofitable. Christ never entered into it. 'It is written' is the weapon used by the world's Redeemer. Let us keep close to the Word. Let us allow the Lord Jesus and His messengers to testify. We know that their testimony is true.

  Ellen G. White

  Jesus, World, Weapons

  Ellen G. White (1963). “Medical Ministry”, p.97, Pacific Press Publishing

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• There's always going to be controversy when you write the way I write.

  Ben Mezrich

  Writing, Way

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• I cannot shy away from controversy. I don't know if it's my Irish blood, but I love it.

  Gina McCarthy

  Blood, Shy, Knows

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• Oh my God, I don't think you can say anyone looks forward to controversy.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Pensar, mirar

  "Sonia Sotomayor: There is 'still a need' for affirmative action" by Scott Stump and Scott Stump, www.today.com. November 02, 2015.

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• Obviamente, he sido un candidato favorable al aborto durante toda mi carrera política, y obviamente siempre hay controversia en torno a esta cuestión.

  Claire McCaskill

  Careers, Issues, Choices

  "McCaskill: Senate Could Live With Stupak Amendment" by Sam Stein, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• Economy is the first and great article (economy such as I understand it) in my financial creed. The controversy between direct and indirect taxation holds a minor, though important place.

  William E. Gladstone

  Important, Taxation, Firsts

  Letter to his brother Robertson of the Financial Reform Association at Liverpool in 1859. "Gladstone as Financier and Economist" by F. W. Hirst, p. 241, 1931.

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• Podría sostenerse plausiblemente que en casi todas las principales controversias, pasadas o presentes, en filosofía social, ambas partes tenían razón en lo que afirmaban, aunque se equivocaban en lo que negaban.

  John Stuart Mill

  Philosophy, Past, Might

  John Stuart Mill (1864). “Dissertations and Discussions: Political, Philosophical, and Historical”, p.11

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• My stress on the truth in sexual stereotypes and on the biologic basis of sex differences is sure to cause controversy.

  Camille Paglia

  Sex, Stress, Differences

  Camille Paglia (1990). “Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson”, p.13, Yale University Press

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• For any new technology there is always controversy and there always some fear associated with it. I think that's just the price of being first sometimes.

  Hugh Grant

  Technology, Thinking, Firsts

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• Es un buen resumen de la historia decir que las salvaguardias de la libertad se han forjado en controversias en las que han participado personas no muy agradables.

  Felix Frankfurter

  Nice, People, Political

  United States v. Rabinowitz (dissenting opinion) (1950)

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• Mi intención... no es crear polémica.

  Brett Favre

  Intención

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• No soy activista; no busco la polémica. No soy una persona política, pero sí compasiva. Me apasiona la igualdad de derechos. Me importan los derechos humanos. Me importan los derechos de los animales.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Compassion, Animal, Rights

  "Ellen DeGeneres: Las chicas buenas acaban primero". Entrevista con David Hochman, www.goodhousekeeping.com. 10 de septiembre de 2011.

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• Que en las controversias relativas a la propiedad, y en los juicios entre hombre y hombre, el antiguo juicio por jurado es preferible a cualquier otro, y debe considerarse sagrado.

  George Mason

  Men, Sacred, Suits

  "The Federal and State Constitutions Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws of the States, Territories, and Colonies Now or Heretofore Forming the United States of America" compilado y editado por Newton Thorpe, Washington, DC : Government Printing Office, 1909.

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• The United States needs to be not so much loved as it needs to be respected. Sometimes, that requires us to take actions that generate controversy. I'm not at all sure that that's what the Obama administration believes.

  Dick Cheney

  Believe, United States, Needs

  "Cheney warns of new attacks" by Jim Vandehei , John F. Harris and Mike Allen, www.politico.com. February 4, 2009.

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• Even if there's controversy, I'm going to make the decision, and people are going to be happy in one instance and unhappy in the next. But that's the job I've been given and the job I'm going to embrace.

  Gina McCarthy

  Jobs, People, Decision

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