The nature of oratory is such that there has alwa
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The nature of oratory is such that there has always been a tendency among politicians and clergymen to oversimplify complex matters. From a pulpit or a platform even the most conscientious of speakers finds it very difficult to tell the whole truth.
I sometimes marvel at the extraordinary docility
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I sometimes marvel at the extraordinary docility with which Americans submit to speeches.
Oratory is the power to talk people out of their
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Oratory is the power to talk people out of their sober and natural opinions.
Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
Never be grandiloquent when you want to drive hom
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Never be grandiloquent when you want to drive home a searching truth. Don't whip with a switch that has the leaves on, if you want it to tingle.
Why doesn't the fellow who says, I'm no speec
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Why doesn't the fellow who says, I'm no speechmaker, let it go at that instead of giving a demonstration?
Always be shorter than anybody dared to hope.
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Always be shorter than anybody dared to hope.
The best way to sound like you know what you're t
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The best way to sound like you know what you're talking about is to know what you're talking about.
The eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speake
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The eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is inwardly and desperately drunk with a certain belief.
It usually takes me more than three weeks to prep
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It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
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