Quotes about Rhetoric

Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.

I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience.

It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.

Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.

Victory is a political fiction.

What we all want is public safety. We don't want rhetoric that's framed through ideology.

How many others suffered in silence, too ashamed and too afraid to speak about their pain? The world wouldn't let them grieve for children they had aborted. How could they when the rhetoric said there was no child? How does one grieve what doesn't exist? No one wanted to admit the truth.

APOPHASIS  (APO'PHASIS)   n.s.[Lat.    a denying.] A figure in rhetorick, by which the orator, speaking ironically, seems to wave what he would plainly insinuate; as, Neither will I mention those things, which if I should, you notwithstanding could neither confute or speak against them.Smith'sRhetorick.

APOPHASIS  (APO'PHASIS)   n.s.[Lat.    a denying.] A figure in rhetorick, by which the orator, speaking ironically, seems to wave what he would plainly insinuate; as, Neither will I mention those things, which if I should, you notwithstanding could neither confute or speak against them.Smith'sRhetorick.

Truthful words are not beautiful beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive persuasive words are not good.

There were so many candidates on the platform that there were not enough promises to go around.

Arguing from facts never wins a definitive victory against skillfully presented opinion.