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This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating
This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating
Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.
Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.
Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be read more
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 not merely talk; we must act big.
I consider theology to be the rhetoric of morals.
I consider theology to be the rhetoric of morals.
Some people wave their dogmatic thinking until their own reason is entangled.
Some people wave their dogmatic thinking until their own reason is entangled.
What the Bush administration is primarily interested in is regime change in the United States, not regime change in Iraq read more
What the Bush administration is primarily interested in is regime change in the United States, not regime change in Iraq or South East Asia or the Balkans. A foreign war is a wonderful lollipop to stuff in the mouth of a possibly quarrelsome press.
John Kerry's position and my position are not very different about what we would do. Interestingly enough, neither is George read more
John Kerry's position and my position are not very different about what we would do. Interestingly enough, neither is George Bush's position because George Bush adopted John Kerry's position after John Kerry won the primaries.
The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and read more
The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and doers.
The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force.
The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force.