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“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

“Parker Palmer puts it, “Democracy gives us the right to disagree and is designed to use the energy of creative conflict to drive positive…

— John Fea

“If you hope for any sort of dialogue and unity with all factions on the vaguely leftist or radical side of politics, you must…

— Edward Abbey

In a true democracy, there has to be a line between deliberative debate and mob rule. Trump has crossed the line, and much of…

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

The new, old, and constantly changing language of politics is a lexicon of conflict and drama?ridicule and reproach?pleading and persuasion.

— William Safire

“Many people who have an interest in politics feel they should proclaim—loudly, and at any given time—what their views are and why the “other…

— Victoria Stoklasa

But rather than trying to understand and rise above them, as leaders should, the [presedential] campaigns have often simply channeled these negative emotions. This…

— John I. Jenkins

...associational ad hominem attacks remain the left's favorite rhetorical strategy for undermining opponents.

— Jonah Goldberg

When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to libel, scandal,…

— J. William Fulbright