The difference between poetry and rhetoric is being ready to kill yourself instead of your children. — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Obama had reached out to the business community, they just haven't liked all of his decisions and some of his rhetoric. But… — David Rubenstein Copy Share Image
The rhetoric of anti-Catholicism, whether its sources are Protestant or secular, has always insisted that the church of Rome is the enemy… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
The great virtue of free enterprise is that it forces existing businesses to meet the test of the market continuously, to produce… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Southern politicians who have tried to rise above the passionate rhetoric surrounding the Civil War have frequently found themselves dragged back into… — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
Obama microtargeted his way to re-election by pitting Americans against each other in many instances. In order to confront the challenges the… — Kevin Madden Copy Share Image
For a decade Americans have been steeped in the rhetoric of "zero tolerance" and the faith that virtually all problems from drug… — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
This trivializing rhetoric runs the subtle but unmistakable message: pray if you like, worship if you must, but whatever you do, do… — Stephen L. Carter Copy Share Image
I still write in literary Arabic but I try to rid it of the rhetoric, the symbolism, and the stuff that ordinary… — Hassan Blasim Copy Share Image
To be 'for animals' is not to be 'against humanity.' To require others to treat animals justly, as their rights require, is… — Tom Regan Copy Share Image
I think Robert F. Kennedy really, finally, cared; he realized that all of the rhetoric had to be put down into some… — Marlon Brando Copy Share Image
I've always found the rhetoric of mainstream civil rights leaders and organizations to be far too timid, accommodationist, and gradualist. It always… — James Meredith Copy Share Image
And all these questions I ask myself. It is not in a spirit of curiosity. I cannot be silent. About myself I… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that the Donald Trump administration, part of the red meat that he ran on from the first day when… — Raul Grijalva Copy Share Image
The political environment we create matters because a disturbed person cannot always tell the difference between explosive rhetoric and explosive actions. — Madeleine M. Kunin Copy Share Image
We live in the greatest country in the world, but the tone and destructive rhetoric across the ideological spectrum is tearing our… — Mike Braun Copy Share Image
The Democratic Party opposes tax cuts but it cannot say so publicly. Thus, it is forced to support the idea of lowering… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
I was always kind of florid. And full of rhetoric. That was my flaw. My whole time writing, I've had to work… — Barry Hannah Copy Share Image
It is astonishing how articulate one can become when alone and raving at a radio. Arguments and counter arguments, rhetoric and bombast… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
White House is ranting up its rhetoric for Republicans, using wild words to attack them over the budget standoff. — Andrea Tantaros Copy Share Image
“He did what good lawyers always do. He shifted his argument in the direction his audience was already going.” — Jeffrey Toobin Copy Share Image
Since we want not emancipation from impulse but clarification of impulse, the duty of rhetoric is to bring together action and understanding… — Richard M. Weaver Copy Share Image
“If where you are is worthwhile then where you are from doesn't matter.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
