BDC Philosophical Motion

THAT 'no way' is no answer

THAT a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

THAT a friend to all is a friend to none

THAT a great potential is a heavy burden

THAT a little learning is a dangerous thing

THAT a man's work is never done

THAT a person is as good as their word

THAT a person's work is never done

THAT a rolling stone gathers no moss

THAT a street is better than a meadow

THAT a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle

THAT a woman's work is never done

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THAT accidents will happen

THAT agnosticism is the refuge of cowards

THAT albert einstein killed god

THAT all is fair in love and war

THAT all is well

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THAT all the meek inherit is the dirt

THAT all we need is love

THAT anarchy is the answer

THAT anatomy is destiny

THAT apple carts should be upset

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THAT art is a waste of good canvas

THAT beauty is better than brains

THAT beauty is more useful than brains

THAT being 'with it' is untrendy

THAT being lively is better than being lovely

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THAT big brother is just around the corner

THAT big brother is preferable to big sister

THAT black should make the first move

THAT bliss is ignorant

THAT books have been left on the shelf

THAT boys talk more than girls

THAT cabbages are better than roses

THAT captain cook should have turned back

THAT caricature makes a stronger impression than character

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THAT caring is too much trouble

THAT charity creates a multitude of sins

THAT charity is the sterlised milk of human kindness

THAT children take it for granted

THAT comfort leads to complacency

THAT common sense is uncommon

THAT conformity breeds mediocrity

THAT conformity is a social disease

THAT conformity means consent

THAT confusion is born in the conflict of voices

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THAT consensus is a con

THAT consistency is a virtue

THAT constant caution is a cop out

THAT contraceptives should be available to persons of all ages

THAT corruption is the norm

THAT democracy is tied to mediocrity

THAT dignity is a tory perogative

THAT disobedience is a virtue

THAT dissent deserves encouragement

THAT dreams are the stuff of which humans are made

THAT duty rules us

THAT education should be more elitist

THAT elephants should have right of way

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THAT environmentalism should replace capitalism

THAT envy makes the world go round

THAT equality is dishonest

THAT escape is a legitimate solution

THAT ET is better than Ghandi

THAT Eve's apple has lost its flavour

THAT every movement needs its radical wing

THAT everything comes to they who wait

THAT exceptions prove the rule

THAT experience is the best teacher

THAT experts are our salvation

THAT extremism in the defence if liberty is justifiable

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THAT faded jeans are to be worn with pride

THAT fame is the name of the game

THAT fame is the spur

THAT familiarity breeds contempt

THAT fashion is fascism

THAT fashion is tyranny

THAT fashions are for the fivolous

THAT fear rules our lives

THAT fine words butter no parsnips

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THAT flattery will get you there

THAT followers not leaders are the problem

THAT free thinkers pay dearly

THAT free thought is expensive

THAT free will is more likely than pre-destination

THAT freedom's just another word

THAT fun is where you find it

THAT girls were made to love and kiss

THAT good fences make good neighbours

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THAT good followers make good leaders

THAT greed is good

THAT green is an unhealthy colour

THAT high fences make good neighbours

THAT high ideals are a handicap

THAT high ideals are a necessity

THAT history repeats itself

THAT human-kind is the next dinosaur

THAT humanity has only just begun

THAT humanity is its own worst enemy

THAT humanity is self-destructive

THAT humility breeds contempt

THAT I hope I die before I get old

THAT I'd rather be a lawyer than an Australian

THAT i'm-alright-jackery is so much quackery

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THAT if God did not exist it would be necessary to invent God

THAT if you can't say something nice you shouldn't say anything at all

THAT imagination is more precious than knowledge

THAT in order to prosper we must destroy

THAT innocence is no longer a virtue

THAT intervention can no longer be justified

THAT intervention is counter-productive

THAT intolerance is more dangerous than ignorance

THAT is not what you know

THAT it is better to be a follower than a leader

THAT it is better to be a live rat than a dead lion

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THAT it is better to be a whiner than a diner

THAT it is better to be happy than wise

THAT it is better to be in the wrong place at the right time than the right place at the wrong time

THAT it is better to be second

THAT it is better to be with it than without it

THAT it is better to burn out than to rust

THAT it is better to die on your feet than live on your knees

THAT it is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness

THAT it is better to pirouette in the state room than march in the street

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THAT it is better to rule in hell than to serve in heaven

THAT it is better to travel hopefully than to arrive

THAT it is better to travel than arrive

THAT it is better to win friends than influence people

THAT it is easer to die in battle than to tell the truth in politics

THAT it is fun finding out

THAT it is history that makes individuals rather than individuals who make history

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THAT it is no good fighting a battle you cannot win

THAT it is not how you play the game

THAT it is safer in the south

THAT it is the little things that count

THAT it is the old things which startle and intoxicate

THAT it is the singer not the song

THAT it is time to trade in

THAT it is too late to shut the gate

THAT it is true what they say

THAT it isn't what you do, it's the way you do it

THAT it pays to be suspicious

THAT it will all be the same in a hundred years

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THAT Jack is as good as his master

THAT Jim Bolger should go dancing with Helen Clark

THAT justice is a myth

THAT kisses are more to be desired than wisdom

THAT Kiwis can fly

THAT knowledge is more to be desired than gold

THAT knowledge is power

THAT leadership is a lost art

THAT leadership is the problem

THAT life is becoming too complicated

THAT life is free

THAT life is pulling doors marked `push' and pushing doors marked `pull'

THAT life is sweet

THAT life is too easy

THAT life is too hectic to be happy

THAT life is too short

THAT little green men have had their day

THAT love wasn't meant to be easy

THAT love will tear us apart

THAT luck is the major influence in our lives

THAT luck plays a major part in shaping one's destiny

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THAT Machiavelli is the way to go

THAT manner matters

THAT marriage makes the man

THAT migration is for the birds

THAT modern humanity is its own gaoler

THAT modern society is a failure

THAT money is more useful than brains

THAT money is our biggest problem

THAT money is power

THAT money maketh the person

THAT money rules our lives

THAT morality is the most effective basis on which to build political action

THAT morals and science do not mix

THAT morals are a matter of environment

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THAT more are merrier

THAT multi-culturalism is a mirage

THAT nationalism is a disease

THAT nationalism is a pandora's box

THAT necessity is the only virtue

THAT neutrality is treachery

THAT New Zealand has lost its way

THAT New Zealand men are a sorry lot

THAT New Zealanders are copy cats

THAT New Zealanders have lost their sense of identity

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THAT New Zealanders no longer care

THAT no human matter is of great importance

THAT no one is an island

THAT nobody can like we can

THAT nobody takes us seriously anyway

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THAT nostalgia is not what it used to be

THAT nothing succeeds like excess

THAT now is better than later

THAT now is the time to buy

THAT one is enough

THAT one life makes it worth it

THAT one plus one equals one

THAT only a mother knows

THAT only mugs work

THAT only responsibilities earn rights

THAT opposition is necessary to progress

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THAT our barriers are down

THAT our expectations are too great

THAT our expectations are too high

THAT our heroes are hollow

THAT our leaders are to blame

THAT our media is failing us

THAT our men should wear green suits and red shirts

THAT our parents are to blame

THAT our politicians deserve the public they get

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THAT our society needs more discipline

THAT patriotism is not enough

THAT peace is a pipe dream

THAT people are much the same

THAT personality will take us further than brains

THAT pessimism is piffle as well as poison

THAT philosophers should rule in place of kings or parliaments

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THAT poetry is not for the people

THAT politicians are public property

THAT politics and sport are inseparable

THAT politics in sport should be banned

THAT politics is the art of deviancy

THAT prejudice is pride

THAT principles are for beginners

THAT principles are only for fools

THAT profit is not without honour

THAT progress is an accident

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THAT publicity is a better salesperson than quality

THAT puritanism is paralysis

THAT quality is being lost in equality

THAT reward is more effective than punishment

THAT reward is the best stimulus

THAT right is might

THAT ritual is ridiculous

THAT ritual prevents progress

THAT royalty is offensive

THAT rules were made to be broken

THAT saying it is more effective than writing it

THAT school days are the best days of our lives

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THAT school days are the happiest

THAT second thoughts are best

THAT seeing is believing

THAT she'll be right

THAT shorter is better

THAT silence is golden

THAT social acceptance is based on the wrong ideas

THAT socialism has failed

THAT sooner is better than later

THAT success is an illusion

THAT talk is cheap

THAT tall poppies should be cut down to size

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THAT the 'in thing' is on its way out

THAT the affirmative deserves to win

THAT the age of chivalry is still with us

THAT the alternative society isn't

THAT the best is yet to come

THAT the bride should wear black

THAT the carnival is over

THAT the carrot is more effective than the stick

THAT the cool need warming up

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THAT the difficulty in life is the choice

THAT the emperor has lost his clothes

THAT the end justifies the means

THAT the fast buck should return to the wilderness

THAT the female of the species is more deadly than the male

THAT the first thing we should do is kill all the lawyers

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THAT the future is not what it used to be

THAT the future justifies optimism

THAT the future looks bright

THAT the future will turn out better

THAT the future will turn out well

THAT the grass is greener on the other side

THAT the groovy are in a rut

THAT the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

THAT the hand that rules the cradle rocks the world

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THAT the Hubble telescope should stop

THAT the ignorant are lucky

THAT the individual is being suppressed by the lobby group

THAT the individual is powerless

THAT the kiwi hides in shame

THAT the law is an ass

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THAT the legislation of morality is a failure

THAT the liberated judy has lost her punch

THAT the line should be drawn

THAT the majority is usually wrong

THAT the majority should be in a minority

THAT the minority is usually right

THAT the more the merrier

THAT the more you pay the better it is

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THAT the negative deserves to lose

THAT the past determines the future

THAT the pen is mightier than the sword

THAT the place for knockers is outside the door

THAT the Pope should get married

THAT the press is depressing

THAT the press is too free

THAT the press should print all the news

THAT the press should stay out of the bedroom

THAT the price is right

THAT the prophets were meant to be mocked

THAT the ratbags are taking over

THAT the right to be wrong is a corner stone of democracy

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THAT the road to hell is paved

THAT the self employed person is to be envied

THAT the sexual revolution couldn't keep it up

THAT the short answer is too short

THAT the shorter the better

THAT the silent majority should stay that way

THAT the subject isn't important

THAT the sun is sinking on the west

THAT the tortoise will beat the hare

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THAT the true success is to labour

THAT the U.N. should take control

THAT the user should pay

THAT the weight of the posterior is greater than the force of the intellect

THAT the wine is sour

THAT the worm has turned

THAT the worst is yet to come

THAT the writing is on the wall

THAT the young and the restless are like sands through the hour-glass

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THAT there are more snakes than ladders

THAT there are more than two sides to a question

THAT there are not enough choices

THAT there are too many babbling brooks

THAT there are too many choices

THAT there are too many squares inside the circle

THAT there is a new morality

THAT there is a new world order

THAT there is a solution

THAT there is more to it than meets the eye

THAT there is no right to inherit

THAT there is no such thing as a just war

THAT there is no such thing to a right to anything

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THAT there is no use finishing if you can't win

THAT there is nothing new

THAT there is room at the top

THAT there is too much hedonism

THAT there is too much talk

THAT there should be a right to do wrong

THAT there should be bread for all before there is cake for some

THAT they are better than us

THAT this is the age of uncertainty

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THAT those who want wars should fight them

THAT time is our gaoler

THAT time reconciles everything

THAT to the person in the middle, life is a riddle

THAT today's idealists are tomorrow's cynics

THAT tolerance costs too much

THAT tolerance is weakness

THAT tomorrow does come

THAT tradition is more a hindrance than a help in our society

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THAT tradition is the enemy of progress

THAT truthfulness is out of date

THAT two can play

THAT vanity is fair

THAT violence has no place in entertainment

THAT virtual reality is dehumanising

THAT virtue is its own reward

THAT we are a nation of sheep

THAT we are a weird mob

THAT we are all feminists now

THAT we are being over-persuaded

THAT we are cowards

THAT we are doomed to leisure

THAT we are fools

THAT we are grinding to a halt

THAT we are hampered by our ideals

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THAT we are our own worst enemies

THAT we are over-governed

THAT we are overtaxed

THAT we are paid what we are worth

THAT we are ruled by habit

THAT we are sick of security

THAT we are slaves of habit

THAT we are subjects of the establishment

THAT we are the wastemakers

THAT we are unworthy of our environment

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THAT we can afford to tell the truth

THAT we can have it both ways

THAT we can't hear the words for the music

THAT we can't see the wood for the trees

THAT we cannot afford the stars

THAT we cannot wash our hands of things

THAT we control our destiny

THAT we deserve it for what we have done

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THAT we deserve no satisfaction

THAT we do know better

THAT we expect too much

THAT we fear for tomorrow

THAT we get it too easy

THAT we get the government we deserve

THAT we get what we deserve

THAT we have a duty to be provocative

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THAT we have a long way to go

THAT we have a right to know the facts

THAT we have become too tolerant

THAT we have got it made in the next decade

THAT we have lost faith

THAT we have lost our faith in science

THAT we have lost our sense of adventure

THAT we have more to fear than cheer

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THAT we have only just begun

THAT we have too many masters

THAT we have too much faith in government

THAT we know our place

THAT we know too much for our own good

THAT we lack discipline

THAT we learn more from failure than from success

THAT we like to be led up the garden path

THAT we live in a new age of puritanism

THAT we need a change in the world

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THAT we need a messiah

THAT we need another dream

THAT we need big brother

THAT we need more Madonnas

THAT we need more time to do nothing

THAT we need new rules

THAT we need our illusions

THAT we need to work

THAT we never get an answer

THAT we no longer listen to the wise old men

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THAT we owe it all to mother

THAT we owe them nothing

THAT we play too much

THAT we prefer not to know

THAT we prefer the forest to the trees

THAT we reward the wrong things

THAT we should all play the piano

THAT we should avoid conflict

THAT we should be more like the ants

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THAT we should be proud

THAT we should beware of experts

THAT we should bite the hand that feeds us

THAT we should celebrate 2000

THAT we should climb every mountain

THAT we should come to the cabaret

THAT we should count our losses

THAT we should cross our bridges before we come to them

THAT we should cultivate the sceptic mind

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THAT we should draw the line

THAT we should forgive and forget

THAT we should give it a go

THAT we should go where the next train goes

THAT we should grow cabbages rather than roses

THAT we should hark to bach before we shop for pop

THAT we should have more freedom

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THAT we should help those who help themselves

THAT we should know better

THAT we should learn to lose

THAT we should leave stones unturned

THAT we should let them starve

THAT we should look back in anger

THAT we should look before we leap

THAT we should love our country right or wrong

THAT we should make hay while the sun shines

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THAT we should merge into one lane

THAT we should napalm the global village

THAT we should pay more attention to our past

THAT we should play with our enemies

THAT we should preach what we practice

THAT we should ration the old to nurture the young

THAT we should reach for the stars

THAT we should regret our loss of innocence

THAT we should say no more often

THAT we should say what we think

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THAT we should see New Zealand first

THAT we should shoulder the sky

THAT we should speak our minds

THAT we should speak what we think

THAT we should strive for happiness

THAT we should thank the snake

THAT we should toast the Queen

THAT we should turn the other cheek

THAT we should wait and see

THAT we should wait until tomorrow

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THAT we shouldn't trust anyone over thirty

THAT we specialise too much

THAT we still need them

THAT we study too much

THAT we take ourselves too seriously

THAT we watch too much

THAT we worry too much

THAT we would be happier if we knew less

THAT we would rather be good looking than rich

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THAT we would rather be waltzing than discoing

THAT we would rather be wealthy than wise

THAT we would rather have jam in the hand than pie in the sky

THAT we'd rather be Arthur than Martha

THAT we're counting down

THAT we're together forever and never to part

THAT what we need is love

THAT where there is a will there is a way

THAT why and wherefore are better than therefore

THAT wisdom is our greatest asset

THAT women are cyclonic

THAT women are more suited to political life than men

THAT women are not to be trusted

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THAT work is the sustenance of noble minds

THAT you only get what you pay for

THAT you should neither a borrower nor a lender be

THAT youth must have its fling

BDC Philosophical Motions List