Rhetoric Quotes (198 Quotes)






    Some of the concerns of ordinary Afghans on the ground are the drug problem and the fact that there has been a lot of rhetoric around the drug problem but not really a lot of serious attention.


    Given the rhetoric we've seen from the government today, the pressure, beyond moving away from quantitative easing will be very, very much on the BOJ to maintain a zero interest rate structure.


    Dreams became issues of East versus West. Hopes became political rhetoric. Progress became a search for power and domination. Somewhere the truth was lost that people don't make war, governments do.

    Most people here agree that the rhetoric got overblown on both sides of the Atlantic before the Iraq war, and it was a disagreement among friends over the timing, not the substance, of the Iraq war.



    'T was the saying of an ancient sage (Gorgias Leontinus, apud Aristotle's 'Rhetoric,' lib. iii. c. 18), that humour was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humour. For a subject which would not bear raillery was suspicious and a jest which would not bear a serious examination was certainly false wit.

    We have relied on a myth of homeland security -- a myth written in rhetoric, inadequate resources, and a new bureaucracy -- instead of relying on good old-fashioned American ingenuity, might and muscle,


    Our government has made a number of promises to the men and women who served in our nation's armed forces. Sadly, these promises of health care, education and other benefits have existed more in rhetoric than in reality.

    We are deeply concerned about these young men and women because so many of us, as former homosexuals, wish we had been aware of the emotional and physical devastation often found in gay life. It is our sincere desire to empower them with this information so that they can make knowledgeable choices for their future. We will continue to be an advocate for those youth whose voices have been lost amid the inflammatory rhetoric.

    Anyone who knows that area, if you had a bus, it would take you no more than 20 minutes to drive in with a bus and get these people out. They sat there for four or five days with no food, no water, babies getting raped in the bathrooms, there were murders, nobody was doing anything for these people. And we just drove right in, really disgraceful. I don't want to get too fired up with the rhetoric, but some blame needs to be placed somewhere.


    That sense of a life in natural objects, which in most poetry is but a rhetorical artifice, was, then, in Wordsworth the assertion of what was for him almost literal fact.




    Our curriculum has become much more cafeteria-like. In classical times, education was regarded as generally rhetorical. Rhetoric is the unifying force. This is a return to that synthesis of rhetoric and discipline knowledge.



    We feel that we can answer the expectation of the president, ... What we are trying to do is impress the Palestinian people with the need to go from the world of rhetoric to the world of action.

    Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance.





    You know, we see it in foreign countries and we think, 'Well, my God, how can this religious fundamentalism become so violent' Well, it's that same shrill rhetoric, it's that same shrill power that motivates. Somebody says something and then it becomes a little more shrill the next time. And then more shrill the next time. And pretty soon it's a foment that becomes physical in addition to just verbal,


    What we need to see are concrete measures aimed at getting the bureaucracy to pursue this objective, otherwise all this will be just more rhetoric.

    The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons; to place our Subject in a Right Light, and excite our Hearers to a due consideration of it.


    It's time to curb the rhetoric and focus more on engagement. We know that unilateral sanctions rarely work - and in this case would be completely counterproductive.

    Paul Martin talks eloquently about defending national sovereignty but the reality hasn't matched the rhetoric. When it comes to the United States, Mr. Martin says he calls them as he sees them, but when it comes to American passage through Canada, he doesn't actually see anything.




    It's just great to be in a place where there is so much political rhetoric. As long as they have constructive things to say, and they are not just making up silly catchphrases that really have absolutely no meaning, then I absolutely support people having a say.

    The big play from a regulatory standpoint has to be healthcare in general and the drug stocks in particular. If it looks like, around Halloween Oct. 31, Bush is going to win, I think the drug stocks will do very well. If it looks like Gore is going to win, there could be cloud over the sector. Gore's rhetoric, starting at the convention in L.A. until now, has been quite anti-business for many industries and that has been troubling for many investors.

    You may be right that people say: 'You know what, we had Obama. He was inexperienced. The guy had great rhetoric, sounded good, looked good, but has turned out to be an utter disaster. I want someone where I have confidence and credibility that they're up to the job and that I can trust what they tell me.'


    There clearly back in 2001 was an effort to use to the PATRIOT Act for political power. Anyone who questioned any of the provisions was not supporting the war on terror. People have heard that now for four years, and my sense is most of them are seeing through that sort of rhetoric now.

    There is so much that is going on between the two countries and the peace process is on track and therefore ... there should not be any rhetoric coming from either side,

    It's purely rhetorical. In order to have these oil contracts, you have to have a lot of people invest in them and most of those people are in places such as New York and London.



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