Making clever speeches takes a lot of work and a lot of time.
Speech is the voice of the heart.
Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.
Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist.
As a political independent, I would gladly vote for any political party dedicated to limited government and entrepreneurship.
It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of economic power.
Concentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle.
There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
The challenge in working in politics, particularly if you're working for a political party, is that everyone's a messenger.
I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.
A politics that is not sensitive to the concerns and circumstances of people's lives, a politics that does not speak to and include people, is an intellectually arrogant politics that deserves to fail.
Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn't work. You can be politically incorrect if you're smart.
To sum up what is most crucial in Japanese political culture: the Japanese have never been encouraged to think that the force of an idea could measure up to the physical forces of a government. The key to understanding Japanese power relations is tha...
Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.
Speech is the mirror of the soul.
Silence is the speech of the spiritual seeker.
I don't attach importance to great speeches or philosophy.
The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech.
Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.
If you are not good at speeches, be good at your actions.
A presidential speech is always the work of many hands.
