Did you ever think that making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg? It seems read more

Did you ever think that making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg? It seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else.

Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.

Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.

The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force.

The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force.

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are read more

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.

I consider theology to be the rhetoric of morals.

I consider theology to be the rhetoric of morals.

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be read more

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.

Economists are pessimists: they've predicted 8 of the last 3 depressions

Economists are pessimists: they've predicted 8 of the last 3 depressions

Rhetoric is nothing, but reason well dressed and argument put in order.

Rhetoric is nothing, but reason well dressed and argument put in order.