Spartans, stoics, heroes, saints and gods use a short and powerful speech. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Learning to speak is like learning to shoot. ~ Avital Roneli

When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to decide is what to say. ~ Gerald Ford

A speech is like an airplane engine. It may sound like hell but you've got to go on. ~ William Thomas Piper

Speak boldly and speak truly, shame the devil. ~ John Fletcher

There are things one does not say for a long time, but, once they are said, one never stops repeating them. ~ Benjamin Constant

A good orator is the worst man. ~ Latin Proverb

A man becomes an orator; he is born eloquent. ~ French Proverb

An orator is the worse person to tell a plain fact. ~ Maria Edgeworth

From his tongue flowed speech sweeter than honey. ~ Homer

Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both. ~ John Andrew Holmes

When there is freedom of speech, I've found that the majority of people really have nothing to say. ~ Yevgeny Yevtushenko

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