The president has made worthy speeches saying that elections have to be free and fair.
The mail has tapered off a little over the years, but O'Connor continues to travel the world like a head of state, giving worthy speeches at law-school dedications and international events about the importance of federalism and hard work.
"Once Chinese leaders were engagingly earnest technocrats who made worthy speeches.
"It used to be, when you were running for president, you went through a few months where you gave these worthy speeches at the American Enterprise Institute or some place like that, in which you laid out your version of George.
There was the requisite echo of JFK (the last president who is thought to have given an inaugural-worthy speech): this is a generation of American tested by crisis.
Think about what I have said as it relates to you, and take a moment to reflect upon these wise commencement speech-worthy words from Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you".
All the fashion, the gorgeous men and beautiful women, the cringe-worthy acceptance speeches... so much glamour -- and so many great movies.
A week by the sea (or in the case of Manchester by a canal) meeting lots of old friends, lots of listening to worthy but dull speeches, perhaps even making a speech if lucky enough to get called to speak, polite clapping of ministers, and tracking down which receptions have the best free food.
He first gave a speech worthy of Caesar to supporters at SPD party headquarters in Berlin.
But Sheldon Goldman, a political scientist at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, who has written extensively on judicial appointments, called Mr. McCain's speech worthy of "Alice in Wonderland" and said that many conservative jurists were themselves "activist" judges.
