One of the ways Hillary Clinton attacks Barack Obama is by claiming, 'I'm a doer, not a talker.'
In his piece on Obama, the travel writer Jonathan Raban says this line has its provenance in a speech by the First Murderer in Richard 111.
Richard tells the First Murderer 'to be sudden in the execution' of his brother Clarence. He wants to ensure that no 'well-spoken' words from Clarence move the two murderers' hearts to pity.
The First Murderer replies:
'Tut, tut, my lord! We will not stand to prate;
Talkers are no good doers. Be assured:
We go to use our hands, and not our tongues.'
1.iii.349-51
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