General Topics

We should go with the crowd

This house would have freedom before all else

We are the servants and not the masters of our machines

Might makes right

Right makes might

We are too serious

Revenge is sweet

It is better to live in a fool's paradise than to exist in a wise man's hell

We should seek moderation in all things

There are no absolutes

Rank has too many privileges

This house would not want to be in charge

Boredom is the worst fate

This house believes that money can buy happiness

We should go for the gusto

Personality is more important than ability

This house would kick the tires

Faith is folly

We should follow the law rather than our consciences

Our education is too narrow

Revolution is preferable to reform

This house would put security before all else

Circumstances make the man

There are no more heroes

We should forgive and forget

Money matters most

We should question authority

When in doubt, run

When in doubt, delay

Heroism is folly

This house would not fight for queen and country

This house should have less faith in government

All the world is a stage

Looks are the key to success

This house would rather watch

This house prefers chaos to order

We have too much freedom

He who hesitates is lost

One should forgive one's enemies, but only after they have been hanged

There is nothing that is really new

Good fences make good neighbours

Neither a borrower nor a lender be

Every man has his price

This house would have peace at any price

We should not compromise on principles

Predictability is a mistake

Nice guys finish last

This house would rather keep them guessing

Caution is the best policy

This house believes that if you want peace you must prepare for war

Convictions are prisons

We get what we deserve

Nothing succeeds like success

We should always get even

Freedom is overrated (you can replace "freedom" with some other term

This house would rather fight than switch

Happiness is a full stomach

Honesty is the greatest virtue (you can replace "honesty" with some other term

We should seek commitment rather than freedom

Loyalty is folly

The world wants to be bullied

It is better to burn out than to rust

Progress is an illusion

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

We care too much

It is better to give than to receive

This house regrets civilization

Memory does more harm than good

This house should follow its instincts

This house would follow its instincts

This house considers it better to win than to play by the rules

Money is the root of evil

Honesty does more harm than good

Slow and steady wins the race

Pride goes before a fall

Don’t admit defeat

Bullies win

We should not worry

Ignorance is bliss

We want too much

We have too much

We know too much

We regret progress

We regret technology

The truth will set you free

We need more order

We need more rules

We need more freedom

Necessity can justify anything

Where you stand depends entirely upon where you sit

We should confuse the issue

We should always play by the rules

We should always put the rights of the individual before those of society

A new broom sweeps best

Those who do not complain do not gain

No pain, no gain

Dreams are as important as actions

Extremism is always a vice

Avoid principles

When the Gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers

The virtues of society are the vices of a saint

Don’t trust the sociable

It is a luxury to be understood

It is better to know everybody than everything

Where there is smoke there is fire

The pen is mightier than the sword

Extremism in defence of liberty is no vice

Don’t hesitate

Better a live coward than a dead hero

Compromise is best

Glory is not worth the price

We should not give a sucker an even break

It is better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

We should not ask questions

No good can come from bad

We would rather not know

It is better to live in chains than to be free

The ordinary man has no future

This house prefers revolution to evolution

This house regrets nationalism

This house would choose stability over progress

A man in armour is the armour's slave

Fear is the best peacemaker

An empty barrel makes the most noise

This house prefers emotion to reason

We should decide with our hearts, not with our heads

We decide with our hearts, not with our heads

We should slow down

If you give them an inch, they will take a mile

Society is irrational

Nothing of real value can be learned

This house regrets ambition

The duller, the better

We have all of the answers, it's the will that we lack

The more we have, the more we want

The best way out is through

What we require is easy, the problem is getting the superfluous

We are never satisfied

We should be satisfied

It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish

To great evils we submit - it is little provocations that we resent

The world would be better off without symbols

Anger is a virtue

The individual has no effect on the world

Everything is relative

We prefer pragmatism to principle

We should prefer pragmatism to principle

We concentrate on the trivial

As goes America, so goes the world

One is vain by nature, modest by necessity

There is nothing worse than a bad reputation

We are what we think that we are

If we look after the little things, the big things will take care of themselves

History is determined by trends, not individuals

It is better to have a full heart than a full stomach

We would rather be right than successful

We would rather do the successful thing than do the right thing

Our lives proceed more by accident than by design

The future is out of our control

Character is the key to success

Our goals should always exceed our abilities

In politics, secrecy is best

Sisyphus was basically a happy man

The great are only great because we are on our knees

Every hero becomes a bore at last

History is a nightmare from which we are struggling to awake

History is the biography of great men

To travel hopefully is better than to arrive

It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly

A humanitarian is a hypocrite

Charity is a mistake

Nothing can resist an idea whose time has come

There is nothing stronger than ideas

This house would choose death before dishonour

This house would let the public be damned

Two heads are better than one

Fashion is a despot whom the wise ridicule and obey

If you wish to win a man's heart, allow him to win.

Good swimmers are the most likely to be drowned

There is nothing so habit-forming as money

There is nothing as addictive as power

Power corrupts

Law exists just to serve wealth

We should adopt the policy from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs

We should lead from behind

America is a country that does not know where it is going, but is determined to set a speed record getting there

America is the most dangerous country on earth

The business of America is business

The business of Canada is business

Man is what he believes

This house would support censorship

Intelligence is over-rated

Books are the curse of the human race

There is nothing permanent except change

Character is destiny

As the twig is bent the tree inclines

This house would rather live in cities

We should be citizens of the world rather than of nations

Cynicism is more deadly than war

It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees

The best goals are those that are unattainable

We are fools for false notions, boldly stated

This house should ignore public opinion

The public well being requires that men should betray, lie and massacre

The public well being requires hypocrisy

Good government requires hypocrisy

All rising to a great place is by a winding stair

Nations have neither friends nor enemies, only interests

Government does enough for us when it does not harm us

It is more damaging to say foolish things than to do them

It is more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing

We are more often liked for our defects than for our qualities

There is more difference within the sexes than between them

Love is a kind of warfare

Habit is everything

When a man forgets his ideals he may find happiness, but not until then

This house is worried about the fire next door

It is not enough to do good; one must do it in the right way

The means are at least as important as the ends

Excess is the key to success

Virtue needs limits

Fidelity to large truths often requires betraying smaller ones

Fidelity to large principles often requires betraying smaller ones

The path of duty lies in what is near and man seeks for it in what is remote

We as often repent the good we have done as the bad

Much will have more

Desire is the very essence of man

Students learn from their peers, not from the teacher

It is better to overreact than to underreact

This house believes that we should work less

This house regrets the passing of the dodo

This house believes that formal education is overrated

This house believes that the truth should never be concealed

This house believes that criminals deserve our sympathy

This house believes that materialism matters most

This house believes that all work and no play makes Jack a winner

This house believes that religion does more harm than good

This house believes that the classless society is a dangerous pipe dream

This house believes that travel no longer broadens the mind

This house believes that Rambo should be our role model

This house believes that Rambo is our role model

This house would always look after number one

This house would give up

It is more difficult to be an honourable man for a week than a hero for minutes

Timing is everything

The centre cannot hold

That which does not kill us makes us stronger

It is better to ask forgiveness after the event rather than to ask permission beforehand

This house believes that civilization has failed

This house believes that civilization is a fraud

This house would ban blood sports

This house believes that it is better for a leader to be feared than loved

This house believes that money is corrupting sport

This house believes that though the people should support the government, the government should not support the people

This house believes that the greatest virtues are only splendid sins

War can never bring peace

Tradition is more a liberator than a jailer

We are our brother's keepers

Society needs more rebellion and less conformity

Planning to be second best is the best strategy for survival

The best way to gather is to scatter

Those who are only just are cruel

We should accept inequality

Where the press is safe, all are safe

Liberty has restraints but no frontiers

A map of the world that does not include utopia is not worth looking at

White lies are the best ushers to black ones

God is on the side of the big battalions

The fire of anger that you kindle for your enemy more often burns you than him

It is better for ambition to creep than to soar

Luck is more important than skill

Liberalism has gone too far

Procrastination is a virtue

We do not deserve our fate

Memory is our worst enemy

This house would rather not succeed

This house prefers the law of the jungle

Chivalry is dead

This house is glad that chivalry is dead

This house prefers the good old days

This house would boldly go where no one has gone before

Appetite comes with eating

When in doubt, do nothing

This house expects a storm

The system has failed

What is wrong with America can be fixed by what is right with America

What is wrong with Canada can be fixed by what is right with Canada

This house believes in magic

Resistance is futile

This house prefers brawn to brain

This house believes in stereotypes

Science has the answer to world problems

There is a case for terrorism

Democracy is the answer

Change is good

This house would rather switch than fight

The US is more of a villain than a hero

The Western world is more of a villain than a hero

We have failed

It is all an illusion

All that we really need to know, we learned in kindergarten

The important answers are all simple ones

Simplicity is the answer

We are in the eye of the hurricane

We need to let go

It's safer in the dark

Don't worry, be happy

We must go faster

We should stick to basics

This house has no soul

The glass is half empty, not half full

We have gone too far

Mercy is a mistake

The dream is dead

Patience is a mistake

Winning is everything

This house is whistling in the dark

This house should have faith

This house has not yet begun to fight

This house would rally around the flag

This house cannot see the forest for the trees

We should sleep soundly

This house has faith

This house believes that the right to vote is more important than the right to eat

This house believes that apathy is the root of evil

This house believes that censorship is against the public interest

This house would rather be beautiful than intelligent

We should mind our own business

We are going backwards

Wealth wins

These are the best of times

Entertainment corrupts

Entertainment is the downfall of society

Society needs more conformity and less rebellion

This house believes that the shorter our memory, the better

Democracy is a farce

This house believes that these are the best of times

Food first, then ethics

This house worships false idols

Imagination is more important than knowledge

We are too cynical

It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the results of intelligence

We are too intolerant

We are too merciful

We are too critical

Technology has outstripped morality

Feminism is corrupting the family

Tourists are a global menace

We should not interfere in other people’s wars

Tradition is holding us back

This house prefers lightning to thunder

Social injustice justifies violent action

Feminism is folly

This house values loyalty too highly

This house values victory above all else

It doesn't get better than this

We know not what we do

There is no way out

We have no real choices

Ambition is folly

The older, the better

We are being fools

This house should be less worried about the means and more worried about the ends

We are being fooled

We need more confidence

The best plan is to rely on the folly of others

You will be safest in the middle

Patience is the best remedy for trouble

A great fortune is a great slavery

We should be more pragmatic

We think too much

We are too concerned with the big picture

An oppressive government is better than no government

We have the all of the advantages

This house practices what it preaches

We should be more grateful

This house aims too high

This house sees only what it wants to see

This house prefers fame to fortune

This house prefers style to substance

We should turn back

This house has too much knowledge and too little wisdom

This house does not learn from its mistakes

This house would turn back the clock

We have sold out

This house has hit the wall

This house believes that more is better

This house goes too far

We will win in the end

Cowards win

Truth varies

Our lives are shaped primarily by fear

The needs of the community should take precedence over the rights of the individual

The cause of America is the cause of all mankind

Change is the only constant

This house believes that poverty is the mother of crime

This house believes that the permissive society has gone too far

Telling the truth is a bad habit

Schooling stifles individuality

This house believes that the profit motive is the best motive

This house believes that we are prisoners of a materialistic society

Hedonism is the national religion

Feminism has failed society

Censorship should be left to the individual

Order is more important than justice

Morality is an anachronism

We should welcome conflict

TV families set a good example

It is better to be a bully than a wimp

The information superhighway is a road to nowhere

Courtesy is out of date

Education is wasted on the young

Today's role models aren't

Romanticism is for wimps

This house prefers big government to lower taxes

We buy the sizzle not the steak

Life is too convenient

We are judged by the content of our characters

Rule by the masses is preferable to rule by the elite

To rule by fear is to rule completely

Competition is superior to cooperation in the achievement of excellence

The government that governs least governs best

Global concerns ought to be valued above conflicting national concerns

The rights of the individual infringe unreasonably on the rights of society

National boundaries are out of date

This house looks forward to the st century

This house prefers style to comfort

Violence is the universal modern language

The Twenty-first century belongs to Canada

Computers breed ignorance

Respect for diversity is the foundation of unity

Evil is the root of money

The book is dead

Democracy begins with freedom of speech

Art is the only truth

Canada is a colony without a mother country

The twentieth century is the age of trash

Fear is the great modern virtue

Silence is the key to wisdom

This house would stop all the clocks

This house believes that no man is an island

This house lives happily in a global village

This house would sell up and move out

This house believes that the golden rule is that there are no golden rules

This house is disappointed with the human race

This house believes that this is the best of all possible worlds

This house is an angry House

This house would lock up the politicians and throw away the key

This house believes that silence is golden

This house believes that in charity there is no excess

This house laughs at danger

This house would not stand up and be counted

This house longs for fame at any price

This house has eaten too well

The best is yet to come

This house would kill all the lawyers

This house prefers good character to good results

Real generosity to the future lies in giving all to the present

The dead govern the living

Character is destiny

Biology is destiny

Every opinion tends to become law

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains

Wars are caused by undefended wealth

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things that he can afford to let alone.

This house believes that time is on our side

This house would trumpet the left

Nationalism is an infantile disease

That government is best which governs least

God bless America

This house believes that harmony is more important than diversity

This house would shut down MacDonald’s

Education is a privilege not a right

This House would plan for peace by preparing for war

This house believes that right is more important than peace

There should be a different law for the rich

This house should put profit ahead of the environment

Politics has no relation to morals

All great men come from the middle classes

Have no friends not equal to yourself

Juvenile delinquency is always rooted in adult delinquency

It is better to burn out than to fade away

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent

Patriotism is the first refuge of the incompetent

This house believes that beauty is better than brains

We are slaves to fashion

Image is everything

Walt Disney did more for humakind than William Shakespeare

We would be happier if we knew less

We are a selfish society

We should be more selfish

We should be more isolationist

We should ignore other peoples business

Censorship is necessary in a free society

This House believes that wedlock is a padlock

This House believes in more checks and balances

This House believes that an adequate plan today is better than a brilliant plan tomorrow

We are too worried about the worst case