Quotes on rhetoric

author’s alliterative description politics since 1960 presidential deb — David Pietrusza, 1960–LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: Epic Campaign Forged Three Presidencies

1960--LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign That Forged Three Presidencies David Pietrusza
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John F. Kennedy responded, often best, skillfully mixing dollops wit w — David Pietrusza, 1960–LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: Epic Campaign Forged Three Presidencies

1960--LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign That Forged Three Presidencies David Pietrusza
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Presidents storytellers, purveyors useful national mythologies. — Rick Perlstein, Invisible Bridge: Fall Nixon Rise Reagan

Rick Perlstein The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon the Rise of Reagan
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Words catch-basins experience, fingerprints footprints past literary d — Philip Zaleski, Fellowship: Literary Lives Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams

C.S. Lewis Charles Williams Owen Barfield Philip Zaleski The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien
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times, said founder Chicago Tribune, Lincoln seemed reach clouds take — Harold Holzer, Lincoln Power Press: War Public Opinion

Harold Holzer Lincoln the Power of the Press: The War for Public Opinion
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House Speaker Thomas Reed destroy argument expose a fallacy fewer word — Barbara W. Tuchman, Proud Tower: A Portrait World War, 1890-1914

1890-1914 Barbara W. Tuchman The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War
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Samuel Johnson said Alexander Pope’s translation Iliad, “tuned English — Harold Bloom, Western Canon: Books School Ages

Harold Bloom School of the Ages The Western Canon: The Books
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…anyone still attempting argue Ebonics a problem black students some — Adam J. Banks, Digital Griots: African American Rhetoric a Multimedia Age

Adam J. Banks Digital Griots: African American Rhetoric in a Multimedia Age
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Lewis developed a trademark style, slow enough note taking, loud enoug — Philip Zaleski, Fellowship: Literary Lives Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams

C.S. Lewis Charles Williams Owen Barfield Philip Zaleski The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien
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Samuel Johnson said Alexander Pope’s translation Iliad, “tuned English — Harold Bloom, Western Canon: Books School Ages

Harold Bloom School of the Ages The Western Canon: The Books
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