And the fine words of Messrs Hague, Portillo, Bercow and the rest are admittedly just words.
But meeting his expectations with actions, rather than fine words and rapturous applause, may yet prove hard.
These public-private partnerships may have more impact than all the fine words spewed at the Rio talks.
However, apart from fine words and a joint peacekeeping battalion, there is little to show for it.
For all his fine words, Mr Medvedev is not an independent politician.
But they are unlikely to be impressed with what they see as fine words from the West unmatched by real short-term commitments.
Governments, it is true, continue to lavish fine words on basic science.
The second complaint is that the oath's fine words are toothless.
What chance is there of Mr Williams's fine words bearing fruit?
No matter the intentions of the cast going in, or the fine words about promoting Silicon Valley culture and entrepreneurship, the show could go in any direction.
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File away all the fine words and big promises you hear in the Swiss mountains over the course of this week and re-examine them in 11 months time.
Mr Obama, for his part, has offered a lot of fine words about bipartisanship but has not produced very much of it, preferring instead to deliver on cherished Democratic aims.
They issued a 15-point declaration full of fine words about loving God and one's neighbour, but omitting any reference to the thorny problems of apostasy and religious conversion in the Middle East.
If you care about justice and security, you have a duty to do all you can to advance or protect them by any legitimate means - to be ready to pay the price of your fine words.
After writing, Blyton would normally scrutinise her manuscripts in fine detail, changing certain words here and there.
"The judge is wrong in the sense that the Facebook button actually says the word 'like, ' so there are actually words being used, " said Aden Fine, a senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, which has filed a brief supporting Carter's appeal.
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In other words, by choosing between two style options, you limit your ability to fine-tune your risk beyond 300 basis points annually.
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Later, Inspector General Glenn Fine and his investigators discovered at least 17 other documents loaded with top secret signal information and code words that Gonzales had mishandled in violation of Justice Department rules and potentially in violation of federal criminal laws.
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