Epideictic Speaking Quotes & Sayings

There being some of them who had still quite natural manners, which in a courtier is, I need hardly say, a very grave offence. — Oscar Wilde

How can you tell when a political ideology has become the equivalent of a religion? — Andrew Sullivan

People," he said. "They can't be underestimated. — Amy Bloom

A nation can be one or the other, a democracy or an imperialist, but it can't be both. If it sticks to imperialism, it will, like the old Roman Republic, on which so much of our system was modeled, like the old Roman Republic, it will lose its democracy to a domestic dictatorship. — Chalmers Johnson

Yaicha runs.
He sits down, tired,
and says to mom,
"I'm sorry you had to see that."
Inevitable that he does it.
But he doesn't really want
a witness. — Thalia Chaltas

What would air travel look like if airplanes were thrown out after each flight? No one would be flying in airplanes. — Gwynne Shotwell

God has blessed me with more than I need. I'm rich. I will not trust in riches but in Him who richly provides. Because I have more, I will give more and do more. — Craig Groeschel

Unfortunately, in war, there are casualties, including among the civilian population. — John O. Brennan