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.
- Theodore RooseveltTalkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.
- Thomas SowellThe big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and doers.
- Thomas SowellThe first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.
- Thomas SowellAny 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?"
- Thomas SowellPower is the most persuasive rhetoric.
- Friedrich von SchillerThe truth is, President Bush provides the right rhetoric, but then pursues all the wrong policies.
- Senator John Kerry