Quotes About Speechmaking

the actual functions of chiefly office are to (1) mediate quarrels, (2) provide for the needy, and (3) to entertain with beautiful speeches)

I know there are limits to what a coach can accomplish in improving speechmaking unless the subject is a diligent student of himself.

You know, to address crowds and make promises does not require very much brains.

There is not a more fatal error to young lawyers than relying too much on speechmaking. If any one, upon his rare powers of speaking, shall claim an exemption from the drudgery of the law, his case is a failure in advance.