Rhetoric Quotes · Page 8

As Americans we are no strangers to hate-fueled rhetoric.

— Lucy McBath

If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.

— Mel Brooks

The rhetoric is the key to the character. It's the verbal music of the piece.

— Peter Shaffer

“The words of the Greeks are born on their lips, but those of the Romans in their hearts.”

— Cato

We really don't have a policy [on climate change]. There's a lot of rhetoric and not a lot of action.

— Mark Udall

“Civilians enjoy their time because soldiers sacrifice their time.”

— Amit Kalantri

I think we now know the limits also of intelligence and rhetoric.

— Anna Quindlen

When I hear things like 'unpatriotic,' I just chalk it up to a lot of political rhetoric.

— Heather Bresch

The men who have gotten women pregnant need to be accountable if we are. If we are going to jail, the men…

— Neko Case

The policies on the Republican side have been much better for Hispanics, for minorities, but the rhetoric, unfortunately, has not.

— Mario Diaz-Balart

I am not a supporter of the rhetoric of, 'Dear, dear, the toys have got lead paint.' If I had a manufacturer…

— Jenny Shipley

I don't think there's any shortage of tough, sometimes vicious rhetoric about President Barack Obama coming from the right. Talk radio shows…

— Juan Williams

While the White House has condemned anti-Muslim rhetoric as divisive, the administration is also worried such talk will hurt antiterrorism efforts.

— Audie Cornish

Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these…

— Mel Brooks

The Republican Party needs to be very, very careful that it maintains the Golden Rule in its rhetoric regarding immigration policy.

— Sonny Perdue

Americans tend not to distinguish between political rhetoric and real intentions, which can lead to great misunderstanding.

— Hooman Majd

We would naturally prefer not to reckon with the worst of what people do or say on the margins, but we have…

— Charlie Sykes

If you see the rhetoric from coming out of the Democrats is that they're pro-civil liberties, and an important part of civil…

— Julian Assange

Concerning the utility of Rhetoric, it is to be observed that it divides itself into two; first, whether Oratorical skill be, on…

— Richard Whately

While sticks and stones break bones, words can never hurt? Manifestly untrue. Politics everywhere are holistic, interconnected, and the rhetoric of right…

— Phillip Adams

All this anti-Christian rhetoric that you see coming from the government, all this anti-Christian push, is not really an attack on Christianity.…

— Rafael Cruz

There is a limit to the success of conservative populism and the exploitation of "little guy" or "silent majority" rhetoric, and it…

— Christopher Hitchens

Fiction is a particular kind of rhetoric, a way of thinking that I think can be useful in your life. It asks…

— Dan Chaon

I condemn all statements - made in sincerity or jest - that threaten or suggest the use of violence against the president…

— Paul Broun

we have not been impressed with any attribute of the Senate other than its appearance and manners. We have heard the best…

— Beatrice Webb

Howard Altmann has found a way to make language transform itself. If the elusive moment between I and Thou could speak, it…

— Dennis Nurkse

Ambitious young women today are taught to ignore or suppress every natural instinct, if it conflicts with the feminist agenda posed on…

— Camille Paglia

The prostitute is the scapegoat for everyone's sins, and few people care whether she is justly treated or not. Good people have…

— Alison Roberta Noble Neilans

All s, like all human beings, get many things wrong. Ronald Reagan's extraordinary achievement as of the U.S. was to succeed in…

— Andrew Sullivan

“One can indeed try to obtain a particular result either by the use of violence or by speech aimed at securing the…

— Chaim Perelman

I am not a difficult man by any stretch, and I'm saying that with a full and honest inventory going on. I'm…

— George Carlin

“In all societies, public rhetoric involves some measure of lying, and history -- political history and art history -- is made when…

— Masha Gessen

“Seward would inspire a cow with statesmanship if she understood our language.”

— Henry Adams

“Some of us can live without a society but not without a family.”

— Amit Kalantri

You don't defend national sovereignty with flags, cheap election rhetoric, and advertising campaigns.

— Stephen Harper

“With discipline, you can lose weight, you can excel in work, you can win the war.”

— Amit Kalantri

I'm hearing echoes of Bill Clinton, circa 1996, in President Obama's reelection rhetoric.

— Ron Fournier

Soaring rhetoric will not restore the American people's confidence in their government.

— Kevin Brady

“What makes a man a 'sophist' is not his faculty, but his moral purpose. (1355b 17)”

— Aristotle

Rhetoric can be razor sharp, and just as one needs to take some comments seriously, others should not be.

— Alexander Stubb