As debate is rare in the House of Representatives, since nearly all real business is done in the committees, it is very natural that such debate as there is should be very oratorical, should be – D. W. Brogan

He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own. – Aesop

We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for a madman is not cured by another running mad also. – Antisthenes

Soft words win hard hearts. – Proverb