Quotes About Rhetoric

Barack Obama is one of the greatest politicians in American history.

Politicians, it's in their job description to just lie, every day.

Is Bill Clinton so good at politics, or are other politicians so bad?

Bishops and judges are some of the best politicians in the world. They know how to manipulate the political process.

Politicians are fond of criticizing others.

Politicians can't manage. All they can do is talk.

Professional politicians will say anything, and they're always careful to leave themselves room to turn around and do the other.

Politics is applesauce.

There might be some serious fun in politics.

The Pope? How many divisions has he got?

We should not let those with a political agenda use London's growing population to support their anti-immigration rhetoric, and we should challenge those who want to label London's global attraction a flaw rather than a strength.

ISIL is saying to a disenfranchised population, 'Come join us. Fight the good fight.' I think we're actually playing into it when they hear Trump's rhetoric. And I think it's dangerous and hurtful as a matter of national policy.

The thing is, it's much easier to be a rightwing populist than a leftwing one, because the left always have to explain why things are the way they are. The right can just blame the foreigners.

My colleagues, while it is good that the Nation is finally focused on the critical issue of securing our ports, our rhetoric and our passion about Dubai must be matched by the funding necessary to keep our ports and our citizens safe.

Of course, politicians always say they're just describing their opponents' positions, even if they are in fact offering absurd caricatures, if not outright lies.

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

It's very easy for the candidates to talk about how conservative they are, how conservative they will be.

A loyal liberal can get away with anything with other liberals, as long as that loyal liberal is liberal and attacks conservatives left and right, spouts the right words, they get away with anything.

If there is true evil in the world - it is Republican conservatives.

The Democrats always scream 'racism' at a Republican contender in any field across the country.

When there's no push back against Islamophobic rhetoric, people see that as tacit endorsement of anti-Islamic rhetoric.

The John McCain tactic of praising Obama as a great American and great senator 'with whom I disagree' is a loser. You've got to call him out as what he is - a fraud and a disaster.

Politicians will talk strategy and tactics and policies and programs until they're blue in the face, or you strangle them and they turn blue.

In the mid 19th century, it had taken a generation of political rhetoric to induce southern soldiers to fight for the interests of a small ruling class in the name of democracy.