Power is the most persuasive rhetoric

he first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics

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

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and doers