President Obama has become uncharacteristically combative, delivering a series of ardent speeches that other Democrats would do well to imitate.
But after ardent speeches from opponents, who ran out the clock by speaking until the rules required the legislature to adjourn at midnight, the lawmakers agreed to put off further discussion on the subject until March 11.
Woodhull's ardent speeches on woman suffrage, notably in January 1871 before the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, won her at least tentative acceptance by woman suffrage leaders, who until then had been put off by both her newspaper and her reputation.
Once recovered, Malala stepped back into the public eye with ardent speeches in support of equal rights for girls and education for all.
Then came some ardent speeches from voices well versed in climate change and how to demand it, including some articulate luminaries.
And though I am an ardent free speech advocate, if I were to ban anything, I would ban the use of metaphors from discussions of public policy, particularly in national security.
One is habit: they routinely deliver impassioned speeches written by staff, and ardent talking points e-mailed by party committees.
Dean Robert Post, an ardent supporter of free speech, has questions.
Not even the most ardent defenders of free speech support the right to falsely yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater.
Even Clinton's most ardent backers say the speech revealed a new candidate, one who seemed less cautious and more willing to push boundaries.
He pointed out that being at war has moved even otherwise ardent defenders of free speech, such as President Woodrow Wilson, to change their positions.
