History's Great Debaters

Happy Birthday to Lee Iacocca, High School Debater and Business Leader

by Erik Fogel | Oct 31, 2017 9:00:00 AM

"You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere." - Lee Iacocca

Celebrating Margaret Thatcher - High School Debater and First Female Prime Minister of Great Britain!

by Erik Fogel | Oct 29, 2017 9:00:00 AM

"I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job." - Margaret Thatcher, first female Prime Minister of Great Britain

Born to Run... and Born to Debate! Bruce Springsteen the Debater!

by Erik Fogel | Oct 29, 2017 7:05:27 AM

On September 23rd, 1949, working class parents Adele and Joseph welcomed their son, Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen to their family. Springsteen grew up in Freehold Borough, NJ and attended ...

Happy Birthday to Hillary Rodham Clinton! High School Debater! US Senator, Secretary of State, First Lady of the United States, Presidential Nominee.

by Erik Fogel | Oct 26, 2017 7:00:00 AM

"Too many women in too many countries speak the same language, of silence." -Hillary Rodham Clinton (Hillary pictured here with her high school's debate team)

Happy Birthday to Samuel B. Gould - Champion Debater and Champion of Debate!

by Erik Fogel | Oct 11, 2017 7:00:00 AM

"If I were to choose any single activity in college which has contributed most to my career, I would certainly choose debating" (Hunt, p16). - Samuel B. Gould

Happy Birthday to Laurence Tribe! High School and College Debate Champion! and World's Top Lawyer!

by Erik Fogel | Oct 10, 2017 8:00:00 AM

"[The Bill of Rights is] designed to protect individuals and minorities against the tyranny of the majority, but it's also designed to protect the people against bureaucracy, against the ...