American revolution Quote by John Adams

[John Adams] is impressed with [Tomas] Jefferson's learning, but noted his silence during the debates in the Congress: "I never heard him utter three…

— Gordon S. Wood

I served with General Washington in die Legislature of Virginia...and...with Doctor Franklin in Congress. I never heard neither of them speak ten minutes at…

— Thomas Jefferson

Your brother doesn't have to be speaker for your voice to be heard in Congress

— Candace Gingrich-Jones

I was in a tailspin of confusion I hadn't experienced since the first time I heard George W. Bush speak.

— Chelsea Handler

I always believed as a speechwriter that if you could persuade the president to commit himself to certain words, he would feel himself committed…

— David Frum

And Ralph Nader, God bless him, still out there campaigning. Ralph Nader said today he has set a record for the most campaign speeches…

— Jay Leno

When you make as many speeches and you talk as much as I do and you get away from the text, it's always a…

— Dan Quayle

When a president speaks, it's to multiple audiences.

— Dana Perino

I always believed as a speechwriter that if you could persuade the president to commit himself to certain words, he would feel himself committed…

— David Frum

How many people saw Arnold's speech last night? I haven't seen that many Kennedys in one place since their last trial.

— David Letterman

I was at the vice president's Christmas party. I thought that his speech was spectacular, and I knew that it was a very emotional…

— Bradley Whitford

With all the surgical skill and the vital rays lavished on him he should talk like alike a congressman at a filibuster.

— Kenneth Langtry