The Great Debaters Comments

  • Andre 2022-03-24 09:02:24

    It's a bit...

  • Leone 2022-03-23 09:02:21

    Dude Denzel is killing...

  • Jimmie 2022-03-22 09:02:08

    Debate is blood sport, but your weapons are...

  • Eveline 2021-12-26 08:01:01

    the voice of Justice... the sound of Racial Equality...really...

  • Talia 2021-12-26 08:01:01

    touching.. Sometimes the best is always at the end, because the strength is accumulated for too long to appreciate this historical...

  • Iva 2021-12-26 08:01:01

    Don't expect the government or institution to solve any major problems. All social changes come from the passion of...

  • Emile 2021-12-26 08:01:01

    Inspirational is very...

  • Ernest 2021-12-26 08:01:01

    The most difficult debate in this world is one with oneself. The positive side is one's own beliefs, and the negative side is fear and anxiety. All power is won by yourself. If you don’t fight for it, don’t believe in your own right, don’t rely on solid logic, don’t stick to your own line, equality and fairness won’t fall from the sky... When Uncle DW was thin, he was really handsome....

  • Earl 2021-12-26 08:01:01

    "....I have a right, even a duty, to resist with violence or civil disobedience. You should pray I choose the...

  • Clifford 2021-12-26 08:01:01

    There are many legendary Martins in the world. Luther. Kim is a Denzel. Washington is...

Extended Reading
  • Lea 2022-03-25 09:01:11

    Language: The Appearance of Thought

    Frankly speaking, there are a lot of things that I don't like to see in the film, but there are still many things that have taught me. For example, TOLSON can use his politics as his own business and try not to affect the students, which is different from the practice of the great communists in the...

  • Troy 2022-03-23 09:02:21

    anger and emotion

    The real story is far more powerful than the fiction. Especially this kind of film about racial discrimination. Although I have seen and talked about many injustices against black people, it is even more shocking to see the film. I am for these debaters Moved by the perseverance of fighting for...

The Great Debaters quotes

  • James Farmer Jr.: We can't win without him!

    [Melvin Tolson]

    Samantha: You're wrong, we can't win without him.

    [as she tosses a book at Farmer]

    James Farmer Jr.: Thoreau?

  • Henry Lowe: A brilliant young woman I know was asked once to support her argument in favor of social welfare. She named the most powerful source imaginable: the look in a mother's face when she cannot feed her children. Can you look that hungry child in the eyes? See the blood on his feet from working barefoot in the cotton fields. Or do you ask his baby sister with her belly swollen from hunger if she cares about her daddy's work ethics?