The aim of forensic oratory is to teach, to delight, to move. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Speeches in our culture are the vacuum that fills a vacuum. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Trying to settle a problem with oratory is like attempting to unsnarl a traffic jam by blowing horns — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Of all the talents bestowed upon men, none is so precious as the gift of oratory !! — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“Who is your audience; who are you speaking to? This is one of the most important aspects of oratory. Your” — Virender Kapoor Copy Share Image
A speech should not just be a sharing of information, but a sharing of yourself. — Ralph Archbold Copy Share Image
I must say I'm not very fond of oratory that's so full of energy it hasn't any room for facts. — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, 'Action, Action, Action.' — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Its Constitution--the glittering and sounding generalities of natural right which make up the Declaration of Independence. — Rufus Choate Copy Share Image
Poetry, unlike oratory, should not aim at clarity... but be dense with meaning, 'something to be chewed and digested'. — George Chapman Copy Share Image
Oratory is good only if it has the qualities of fitness for the occasion, propriety of style, and originality of treatment, while… — Isocrates Copy Share Image
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Amplification is the vice of modern oratory. It is an insult to an assembly of reasonable men, disgusting and revolting instead ofpersuading.… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Hitler's oratory moved people and appealed to their hopes and dreams. But his speeches malevolently twisted hope into some gnarled ghastly entities,… — Richard M Perloff Copy Share Image
“Only hidden and undetected oratory is really insidious. What reaches the heart without going through the mind is likely to bounce back… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Orator persuades and carries all with him, he knows not how; the Rhetorician can prove that he ought to have persuaded… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
I have such an intense pride of sex that the triumphs of women in art, literature, oratory, science, or song rouse my… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
Every man should study conciseness in speaking; it is a sign of ignorance not to know that long speeches, though they may… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
A regular council was held with the Indians, who had come in on their ponies, and speeches were made on both sides… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Neither can we admit that definition of genius that some would propose--"a power to accomplish all that we undertake;" for we might… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
He would be laughed at, that should go about to make a fine dancer out of a country hedger, at past fifty.… — John Locke Copy Share Image
The art of reasoning becomes of first importance. In this line antiquity has left us the finest models for imitation; I should… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“In my opinion, it was chiefly owing to their deep contemplation in their silent retreats in the days of youth that the… — Francis Assikinack Copy Share Image
I wanted to visit the Capitol of our country, the center of our great civilization that stands like the sun in the… — Marietta Holley Copy Share Image
“I am not much given to profanity, but when I am sorely aggravated and vexed in spirit I declare to you that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[Rhyme is] but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame Meter; ... Not without cause therefore… — John Milton Copy Share Image
“I heard Mr. Ingersoll many years ago in Chicago. The hall seated 5,000 people; every inch of standing-room was also occupied; aisles… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
“The maxim, as has been already said, is a general statement, and people love to hear stated in general terms what they… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“At Gabriel College there was a very holy object on the high altar of the Oratory, covered with a black velvet cloth...… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“In the campaign of 1876, Robert G. Ingersoll came to Madison to speak. I had heard of him for years; when I… — Robert M. La Follette Copy Share Image
“The name of Robert G. Ingersoll is in the pantheon of the world. More than any other man who ever lived he… — Eugene Victor Debs Copy Share Image
“For Alwyn's grandfather, who was known as "the greatest talker in the country," used words which no one else understood, words which… — Glenway Wescott Copy Share Image
“I've just come to my room, Livy darling, I guess this was the memorable night of my life. By George, I never… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Nothing could be more admirable than the manner in which for forty years he [Joseph Black] performed this useful and dignified office.… — Henry Peter Brougham Copy Share Image
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