The phrase "a deliberate statement" is correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to a statement that is intentional and carefully thought out. Example: The CEO made a deliberate statement to the press, addressing the recent controversy surrounding the company's unethical practices.
Sharman Apt Russell, in her elegant meditation on hunger, reflects on both, but also on the many ways in which hunger can be a deliberate statement.
For me it was a deliberate statement on the nature of the subject matter, an indication of what you could expect to get from the book.
Because she told American GQ that "kids are messy" – which Grazia says is "quite the turnaround" and "a deliberate statement on where she's at in her life right now".
His very first subject was Paul McCartney, a deliberate statement of his commitment to popular art, given that he could have run with a completed film on Herbert von Karajan.
In a deliberate statement to this cattle-exporting nation of 3.3 million people, Mr. Mujica, 77, shunned the opulent Suárez y Reyes presidential mansion, with its staff of 42, remaining instead in the home where he and his wife have lived for years, on a plot of land where they grow chrysanthemums for sale in local markets.
The specific length of a beard, the way it is trimmed, whether or not it is dyed: these distinctions make a deliberate statement about the wearer's religious affiliations and the degree of his piety — or the degree of piety that he wishes to have imputed to him.
"It's a bit of fun but it's also a very bold and deliberate statement.
The endorsement, in a carefully timed and deliberate statement after Mr. McCain chose Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate in a move to fire up the party's conservative base, helped solidify Mr. Obama's campaign.
Additionally and more significantly, Mr. Sharon, an old-time hard-liner, was seen to be making a deliberate nationalist statement, well aware of its potential both to hijack the peace efforts and to undermine Mr. Barak.
In this office, a number of features stand out. 1) The quotes bordering the rug are great examples of identity claims, which are deliberate statements directed toward others (e.g., a bumper sticker) and/or the self (e.g., a tattoo located upside down on the inner wrist).
Its tweets aren't necessarily deliberate statements of misinformation, but neither are they necessarily true; sometimes they reflect the important issues of the day, while other times they're meant as a distraction from it.
