1.   Democracy and open debate were inseparable.

2.   On openness and transparency major new legislative proposals would be the subject of a preliminary open debate.

3.   On only three or four occasions in his entire presidency did de Gaulle permit frank exchanges and an open debate in the Council of Ministers.

4.   An open debate could persuade enough Republicans not to follow the White House lockstep into an obsolete tax measure.

5.   And it was an arena for open debate and secret intrigue accessible to any player, from the Libyan dissident to the American spy.

6.   Another would rewrite House rules to permit more open debate.

7.   At an open council debate on the issue, Britain and America appeared isolated.

8.   Both California senators, Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, voted in favor of the open debate.

9.   All was done by the Politburo and Central Committee without a moment of open debate.

10.   But a powerful lesson taught by the campaign finance issue is that when the Senate actually engages in open debate, the dynamics can change.