Action Quote by Nelson Mandela

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Rhetoric matters, but at the end of the day policy matters more.

— Garry Kasparov

Rhetoric is nothing but reason well dressed and argument put in order.

— Jeremy Collier

Our words, actions, and diplomatic efforts should be aimed at trying to achieve pragmatic goals rather than creating rhetorical effect.

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

The duty of rhetoric is to deal with such matters as we deliberate upon without arts or systems to guide us, in the hearing…

— Aristotle

I'm not good at throwing around rhetoric.

— Julia Hartz

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

— Alexander Stubb

Rhetoric is useful because truth and justice are in their nature stronger than their opposites; so that if decisions be made, not in conformity…

— Aristotle

There is practically no area of business where the difference between rhetoric and actuality is greater than in the handling of people.

— John Harvey-Jones

Since we want not emancipation from impulse but clarification of impulse, the duty of rhetoric is to bring together action and understanding into a…

— Richard M. Weaver

The most characteristic concern of rhetoric [is] the manipulation of men's beliefs for political ends…the basic function of rhetoric [is] the use of words…

— Kenneth Burke

Actions should speak louder than words.

— Urmila Matondkar