Rhetoric Quotes

240 Rhetoric quotes by 205 unique authors

The surrealist thinks he has outstripped the whole of literary history when he has written (here a word that there is no need to write)… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
I'm hearing echoes of Bill Clinton, circa 1996, in President Obama's reelection rhetoric. — Ron Fournier
Promises to get beyond partisanship are the most perfunctory sort of campaign rhetoric, almost as empty as the partisanship itself. — Thomas Frank
Rhetoric and dialectics can't change what I have learned from observation and experience. — Paul Getty
I don't get myself caught up in the rhetoric of any personal comments that are made. — Roger Goodell
After great pain, a formal feeling comes. The Nerves sit ceremonious, like tombs. — Emily Dickinson
In America right now, we use words like 'smart' to talk about bombs. American rhetoric is grounded in ideas of capital-G Good, capital-E Evil, and… — Jonathan Safran Foer
What we all want is public safety. We don't want rhetoric that's framed through ideology. — Kamala Harris
Well, teachers have been profoundly demoralized in recent years and are often treated with contempt by politicians. There's a great deal of reckless rhetoric in… — Jonathan Kozol
When a party is in opposition, it opposes. That's its job. But when it comes to power, it must govern. Easy rhetoric is over, the… — Charles Krauthammer
The political environment we create matters because a disturbed person cannot always tell the difference between explosive rhetoric and explosive actions. — Madeleine M. Kunin
Progressive rhetoric has the effect of concealing social crisis and moral breakdown by presenting them as the birth pangs of a new order. — Christopher Lasch
President Obama's version of America is a divided one - pitting us against each other based on our income level, gender, and social status. His… — Mia Love
If you aren't creeped out by the No Birth Control Left Behind rhetoric of the White House and Planned Parenthood, you aren't listening closely enough.… — Michelle Malkin
To me, the human move to take responsibility for the living Earth is laughable - the rhetoric of the powerless. The planet takes care of… — Lynn Margulis
I despise the phony, fancy-pants rhetoric of professors aping jargon-filled European locutions - which have blighted academic film criticism for over 30 years. — Camille Paglia
Unquestionably, American political rhetoric can be repugnant, and the Right can certainly be as guilty as the Left. — John Podhoretz
Political rhetoric leads only to confusion. — Tariq Ramadan
Being Muslim has become synonymous with pointed questions, with tension and mistrust, even with conflict. It has become a global phenomenon with profound consequences for… — Tariq Ramadan
Today's misery is real unemployment, home foreclosures and bankruptcies. This is the Obama Misery Index and its at a record high. Its going to take… — Mitt Romney
Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must… — Theodore Roosevelt
Unfortunately, President Obama's failed policies of new regulations, higher taxes, and Obamacare and his anti-business rhetoric have hit Hispanics especially hard. Big government really hurts… — Marco Rubio
We are looking for bipartisan solutions not partisan rhetoric. — Paul Ryan
Power is the most persuasive rhetoric. — Friedrich Schiller
The problems seem so easy out there on the stump. Deficits shrink with a rhetorical flourish. — Hugh Sidey

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