Discourse Quotes

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Discourse says, 'You are.' Rhetoric preserves the freedom to say, 'I am not. — Samuel R. Delany
If there is an â€˜overabundance' of an idea in the absence of direct governmental action -- which there well might be when compared with some… — Elena Kagan
If you listen to the political discourse in America today, you would think that all our problems have been caused by the Mexicans of the… — Fareed Zakaria
An anecdote is related of Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper (1621-1683), who, in speaking of religion, said, "People differ in their discourse and profession about these… — Gilbert Burnet
There is in the chemist a form of thought by which all ideas become visible in the mind as strains of an imagined piece of… — Justus von Liebig
Without approval and without scorn, but carefully studying the sentences word by word, one should trace them in the Discourses and verify them by the… — Gautama Buddha
A man's behavior is the index of the man, and his discourse is the index of his understanding. — Ali ibn Abi Talib
[T]here is a methodological bias in favor of taking natural discourse literally, other things being equal. For example, unless there are clear reasons for construing… — Tyler Burge
When I look at the Republicans, I am tempted to dismiss them as the Treason Party. Seriously, were a band of traitors to concoct a… — Neil Steinberg
A written discourse on any subject is bound to contain much that is fanciful. — Plato
Spokespeople sell women the Iron Maiden and name her "Health": if public discourse were really concerned with women's health, it would turn angrily upon this… — Naomi Wolf
By consequence, or train of thoughts, I understand that succession of one thought to another which is called, to distinguish it from discourse in words,… — Thomas Hobbes
Every leader, and every regime, and every movement, and every organization that steps across the line to terrorism must be banished from the discourse of… — Alan Keyes
Women must write through their bodies, they must invent the impregnable language that will wreck partitions, classes, and rhetorics, regulations and codes, they must submerge,… — Helene Cixous
A tiny portion of the population controls the lions share of the wealth and most of the command positions of state, manufacturing, banking, investment, publishing,… — Michael Parenti
And all these questions I ask myself. It is not in a spirit of curiosity. I cannot be silent. About myself I need know nothing.… — Samuel Beckett
It would be a big favor to political discourse; to our ability to do our work here in Congress; and to the American people, to… — Jay Rockefeller
In the first instance, performativity must be understood not as a singular or deliberate â€˜act,â€™ but, rather, as the reiterative and citational practice by which… — Judith Butler
What else is it that should trace the insuperable line? Is it the faculty of reason or perhaps the faculty of discourse? But a full-grown… — Jeremy Bentham
Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are sowing the seeds of hatred and division, and there is no need for this hostility in our political discourse. — John Lewis

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