Controversial Quotes

When some of the most controversial surveillance powers in the act operate under a cloak of secrecy. - Patrick Leahy

When I started to sing like myself - as opposed to imitating Nat Cole, which I had done for a while - when I started singing like Ray Charles, it had this spiritual and churchy, this religious or gospel sound. It had this holiness and preachy tone to it. It was very controversial. I got a lot of criticism for it. - Ray Charles

When a subject is highly controversial... one cannot hope to tell the truth. One can only show how one came to hold whatever opinion one does hold. One can only give one's audience the chance of drawing their own conclusions as they observe the limitations, the prejudices, the idiosyncrasies of the speaker. - Virginia Woolf

What we ought not do is play politics with those who've been afflicted by disasters. This should not be controversial. Stop playing politics, do the right thing for the country and let's make sure we're not making politics with disaster relief. - David Plouffe

What Roe v. Wade Should Have Said: America's Top Legal Experts Rewrite America's Most Controversial Decision. - Jack Balkin

What I can say is that for may years jazz musicians had to go to Europe, for instance, to be respected and to be sort of treated not in a discriminatory way. I don't think there is anything controversial about me saying that. This is just a fact. - Sonny Rollins

We've been able to do things - for example, close schools for academic failure. It is hugely difficult, it's hugely controversial and it's absolutely the right thing to do. That simply does not happen in other cities, because of a lack of political will. - Arne Duncan

We're hoping the reconciliation bill does go away. It's becoming very controversial. - Anna Aurilio