Abstract: The subject of this research is the peculiarities of utilization of paremiological linguistic means in the Russian and American political discourse. The goal consists in establishing linguistic status of paremiological means in the Russian and American political discourse. Based on the speeches of Russian and American politicians, the author demonstrates the use of paremias in political discourse and underlines their influential role. The article explores the peculiarities of utilization of different paremias in the political discourse, provides statistical data regarding the frequency of mainstreaming of different types of paremias in the Russian and American political discourse. Research methodology leans on regulations pertaining to categorization of the political world in the genres of political aphorism, as well as the methods of systematization and generalization, continuous sampling, discursive analysis, content analysis and statistical method. The results may be valuable of the courses of rhetoric and stylistics of the Russian and English languages. The scientific novelty consists in the fact that this research is first to demonstrate the linguistic statuses of paremias in the Russian and American political discourse from the perspective of their convincing and manipulative function.

Keywords: paremiological foundation of the language, paremiological agents, means of implementing a belief, the political press, political speech, political discourse, the aphorism, proverbs, sayings, author 's aphoristic units

Abstract: The author of this critical review appeals to the analysis of activities by a famous Russia philosopher Ruben Apresian based on his own commentaries on the book ‘About the Right to Lie’ (edited by Rubet Apresian and published in Moscow in 2011). Having ranked Apresian’s book as a significant event in Kant studies and theory of morals the author at the same time argues against some conclusions made in this edition and tries to expand the borders of discussion of the key problem in this research.

Keywords: Kant, truth, lies, deception, ethics, love for mankind, morals, responsibility, moral absolutes, choice.