Quotes of Rhetorical - somelinesforyou

“ The niftiest turn of phrase, the most elegant flight of rhetorical fancy, isn't worth beans next to a clear thought clearly expressed. ”

- Jeff Greenfield

“ Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth. ”

- George Santayana

“ Using rhetorical questions in speeches is a great way to keep the audience involved. Don't you think those kinds of questions would keep your attention? ”

- Bo Bennett

“ Creationist critics often charge that evolution cannot be tested, and therefore cannot be viewed as a properly scientific subject at all. This claim is rhetorical nonsense. ”

- Stephen Jay Gould

“ Liberty! — Electric word! What is it? Is there anything more in it than a name — a rhetorical flourish? Why, men and women of America, does your hearts blood thrill at that word, for which your fathers bled, and your braver mothers were willing that their noblest and best should die? Is there anything in it glorious and dear for a nation, that is not also glorious and dear for a man? ”

- Harriet Beecher Stowe
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