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I'm really aware of how feminism and feminist rhetoric has been appropriated by the right.
Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric.
The first requisite of style, not only in rhetoric, but in all compositions, is perspicuity.
We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry.
One day, Mexico will have a leader who is nationalist not simply in rhetoric, but also in fact.
President Bush has consistently used rhetoric, and that is not convincing given his past record.
It's time to let science and medicine, not politics and rhetoric, lead us to good, sound policy.
For all its pro-democracy rhetoric, the West rolled over to military coups in Egypt and Thailand.
Wherever there is persuasion, there is rhetoric, and wherever there is rhetoric, there is meaning.
Few things give rise to imprecise rhetoric like the issue of race. It's understandable, but damaging.
The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force.
The American people demand results, not rhetoric, especially when it comes to national security issues.
Washington is paralyzed by extreme political rhetoric that creates powerful sound bites but poor policy.
Godard is a phony to me. His technique is great, but he just keeps replaying the same political rhetoric.
It's very easy to have slogans and rhetoric that people will follow, but eventually the slogans fall away.
If one writes the rules then one can contradict oneself. It's all about rhetoric, about official narratives.
Trump's divisive rhetoric targets low-information voters and won't play well with the general public, either.
Personal narrative is one of the few things where people don't get caught up in fighting over esoteric rhetoric.
Too often, we see wedge politics and petty rhetoric used to belittle adversaries and inflame partisan divisions.
We must continue to step in and stand up to resist reckless rhetoric and actions in a peaceful and forceful manner.
Unquestionably, American political rhetoric can be repugnant, and the Right can certainly be as guilty as the Left.
Rhetoric that vilifies American Muslims is counter to our efforts. It's a setback to our Homeland Security efforts.
Even if Donald Trump's successful, it's the beginning of the end if this rhetoric persists in the Republican Party.
I know what it takes to move cities forward. It's not about rhetoric and great speaking, but it takes relationships.
When there's no push back against Islamophobic rhetoric, people see that as tacit endorsement of anti-Islamic rhetoric.
I've been a social gospel-er and a person who sees politics as a central dynamic to the encoding of religious rhetoric.
It's very short-sighted and even dangerous to be engaging in the kind of demagogic rhetoric that Donald has about Muslims.
The Gaza leadership is stuck in its rhetoric of revolution and resistance. But the people are fed up with their leadership.
Leftists are fighting back against Trump not with policy differentials, but rather with insane rhetoric and temper tantrums.
In the age of Trump, we need to be aware of emotional rhetoric and its power regardless of whether or not it's based in fact.
The policies on the Republican side have been much better for Hispanics, for minorities, but the rhetoric, unfortunately, has not.
Canada is the only country in the West that hasn't given in to the rhetoric of fear. The dominant rhetoric is a line of inclusion.
Promises to get beyond partisanship are the most perfunctory sort of campaign rhetoric, almost as empty as the partisanship itself.
The Republican Party needs to be very, very careful that it maintains the Golden Rule in its rhetoric regarding immigration policy.
Unfortunately, violent events and hate-filled rhetoric around the world provide ample opportunity for promoting religious hostility.
The basic ingredients of psychotherapy are religion, rhetoric, and repression, which are themselves mutually overlapping categories.
I am the first to admit that I am no great orator or no person that got where I have gotten by any William Jennings Bryan technique.
Democracy allows rhetoric, false empathy and emotion to pummel rational thinking - so it's no wonder so many politicians thrive in it.
Arab states continue to send the Palestinians gifts of extravagant rhetoric and countless Arab League resolutions - but not much cash.
My hope is that we revive 'monopoly' as a core piece of political rhetoric that broadly denotes dominant firms with pernicious powers.
White House officials acknowledge in broad terms that a president's time and public rhetoric are among his most valuable policy tools.
As the U.S., much of Europe, and the U.K. shift toward the political right, the rhetoric grows more insular, defensive, and protective.
There is practically no area of business where the difference between rhetoric and actuality is greater than in the handling of people.
We've advanced in the construction of a true free-trade area across South America... What's needed now is less rhetoric and more action.
Progressive rhetoric has the effect of concealing social crisis and moral breakdown by presenting them as the birth pangs of a new order.
The Patriots do a great job of establishing a common rhetoric of working hard and working for the men that stand next to you on the field.
I myself am going to try to tone down some of my rhetoric, and I would invite my Democrat friends - and they are friends - to do likewise.
If you're asked, you've got to serve - put aside any reservations based on campaign rhetoric... and figure out what's best for the country.
We must promote solid traits such as work ethics, a dignified lifestyle, matching actions to rhetoric, performance rather than grandstanding.
We need to think more about the nature of rhetoric in anthropology. There isn't a body of knowledge and thought to fall back on in this regard.