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He was a power politically for years, but he never got prominent enough t'have his speeches garbled

— Kin Hubbard

“Because of demagogues, rhetoric has a tainted reputation in our time. However, rhetoric is central to democratic governance. It can fuse passion and persuasion,…

— George will

Politicians today are not highly regarded... there seem to be people young and old and in the middle saying that they have never heard…

— Malcolm Fraser

Politics is a rough and tumble business, and yet there seems to be an effort by the commentariat to sanitise American politics to some…

— James Carville

From his proceedings in Congress, he appears demented, and his actings and doings inspire my pity more than anger.

— Andrew Jackson

“Anyone who has lived here for long enough has seen it all before: opposing sides of the political spectrum ferociously criticising each other, getting…

— Tobias Jones

On the road to the GOP nomination, Trump earned the reputation as a good debater by slandering and bullying his opponents, knocking them out…

— Bob Beckel

A statesman is an easy man, he tells his lies by rote. A journalist invents his lies, and rams them down your throat. So…

— William Butler Yeats

Too much of our political debate...has become a race to the bottom. An exchange of insults and slanders more appropriate to reality television than…

— Jeanne Shaheen

I think it is very difficult today to have a reasoned public discourse on any controversial subject. Certainly, election years present a complicating factor.

— John Poindexter

Politicians tend to live "in character" and many a public figure has come to imitate the journalism that describes him.

— Walter Lippmann

More truly characteristic of dissent is a dignity, an elevation, of mood and thought and phrase. Deep conviction and warm feeling are saying their…

— Benjamin Cardozo