In part, the wall came down because of high-minded speeches, Mr. Rhodes said.
One of the two was Raymond Price, a former editorial-page editor of the Herald Tribune, and he wrote florid, inspirational, high-minded speeches.
So they give high-minded speeches, zone land for "science parks", offer tax-breaks and other incentives to firms and then sit expectantly awaiting "innovation".
A Princeton University president and political economy professor given to making high-minded speeches and advocating a parliamentary system, Wilson held no public office until he was 54 years old.
For the next three months, he and Chaudhry crisscrossed the country by car, with Ahsan addressing the delirious crowds and the chief justice carefully limiting himself to high-minded speeches to his fellow lawyers.
Limping out of a summer focused almost exclusively on discrediting Mr. Trump, the Clinton campaign has strained in recent weeks to migrate to a more positive message, convening high-minded speeches about Mrs. Clinton's faith, career and public service aims — only to see Mr. Trump briefly catch her in the polls.
After nine months of legislative passivity, interrupted by a few high-minded speeches, Obama held a White House press event to call out the big-moneyed interests gumming up his regulatory reform plan in Congress.
A Narendra Modi in office chooses his words carefully, gives lofty high-minded speeches, talks about vikaas and Constitution.
As would be expected of any American university leader, President Faust has delivered many eloquent and high-minded speeches advocating the standard academic values of open inquiry, the seeking of truth for its own sake, and the pursuit of personally-fulfilling careers that benefit the broader society and are about more than making money.
Clooney gave an exceptionally judicious and high-minded speech to the press.
Paul Ryan, the speaker of the House, delivered a high-minded speech last week criticizing the tone of the Republican primary campaign.
