Who is your audience; who are you speaking to? This is one…

When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, 'Action, Action, Action.'

— Plutarch

“Speaking up is important. Yet to speak up without listening is like banging pots and pans together: Even if it gets you attention, it’s…

— Gina Barreca

The kind of audience I'm speaking to is a very wide range of people.

— Haley Reinhart

Tony Blair adopted the accent of the audience he was speaking to, which worked very well initially, but then voters began to perceive him…

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

Speaking out is important for me because everyone should be treated equally.

— Lance Bass

I think that speaking is the most important thing we can do, but let's talk about what it means to speak effectively. We can…

— Wendy Davis

The manner of your speaking is full as important as the matter, as more people have ears to be tickled than understandings to judge.

— Lord Chesterfield

“Remember, your audience is aware of the realities, but they would like to hear it from you.”

— Virender Kapoor

“Let the oratory be what it is called, and let nothing else be done or stored there. When the work of God is finished,…

— St. Benedict

In oratory the will must predominate.

— David Hare

There is an atmosphere of well-sounding oratory that likes to attach itself to dress clothes. Away with it!

— Albert Einstein

“Oratory is the highest form of music”

— Agona Apell

The law of silence: Speak little. Say only what you must. Speak only when necessary. Your oratory should be deeds, not words. You accomplish:…

— Corneliu Zelea Codreanu

The aim of forensic oratory is to teach, to delight, to move.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Nothing could be more admirable than the manner in which for forty years he [Joseph Black] performed this useful and dignified office. His style…

— Henry Peter Brougham