Rhetoric and dialectics can't change what I have learned from observation and experience.
J. Paul GettyObviously, this whole 'no child left behind' idea is more rhetoric than actual practice.
Hill HarperIt's time to let science and medicine, not politics and rhetoric, lead us to good, sound policy.
Eliot SpitzerI'm hearing echoes of Bill Clinton, circa 1996, in President Obama's reelection rhetoric.
Ron FournierThe problems seem so easy out there on the stump. Deficits shrink with a rhetorical flourish.
Hugh SideyPresident Bush has consistently used rhetoric, and that is not convincing given his past record.
Grace NapolitanoSo far the changes in the president in his second term have been mainly of a rhetorical nature.
Brent Scowcroft