grandstanding

It is a harsh reality that some of the most important and respectable jobs which deserve high salaries might be better off with low salaries. A politician, or a minister, or a teacher is sure to be working sincerely and selflessly for the good of the people when through and through there is little monetary reward guaranteed. This is how the charlatans are weeded out of the field.

This is almost always the case: A piece of art receives its f(r)ame when found offensive.

Controversy is a last resort for the talentless.

[H]e quoted eloquently from the Bill of Rights, the Constitution, the Gettysburg Address, and a section which had been stricken from his party's platform seventy-five years ago. He was not quite clear on what all this had to do with [the present situation], but it was noble and stirring and would bring in a lot of votes.

Trying to be offensive for the sole purpose of being offensive should always deem one the least offensive of offenders.

Purple prose attracts attention more than converts.