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.

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

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

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

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?"

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.

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

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

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.

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.