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.

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

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

I consider theology to be the rhetoric of morals.

I consider theology to be the rhetoric of morals.

The truth is, President Bush provides the right rhetoric, but then pursues all the wrong policies.

The truth is, President Bush provides the right rhetoric, but then pursues all the wrong policies.

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

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

Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.

Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.

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?"

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.

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.