Some people wave their dogmatic thinking until their own reason is entangled.

Some people wave their dogmatic thinking until their own reason is entangled.

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.

The audience applauded, even though it was not clear what Bush meant.

The audience applauded, even though it was not clear what Bush meant.

I consider theology to be the rhetoric of morals.

I consider theology to be the rhetoric of morals.

Out of our quarrels with others we make rhetoric. Out of our quarrels with ourselves we make poetry.

Out of our quarrels with others we make rhetoric. Out of our quarrels with ourselves we make poetry.

This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating

This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating

Any politician who starts shouting election-year demagoguery about the rich and the poor should be asked, "What about the other read more

Any politician who starts shouting election-year demagoguery about the rich and the poor should be asked, "What about the other 90 percent of the people?"

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.