Boy, he must have been a moron. Words have brought violence, caused wars, and evoked many other responses. You might have never given the power of a word much thought. Words are words and that is it, but think about it words have immense power to be able to bring about automatic and physical responses. That is powerful.
Words motivate people to do many things.
Hitler motivated a whole nation with his propaganda about the Third Reich. Word's are the persuader's tool. The ability that we have to use words to get what we want is unbelievable and soooo powerful. God gave us language to better ourselves and by using language we do just that, evolve and grow. It is simple, if language is perfect as all things that stem from God are, then the limitations of language must lie within ourselves as we use language.