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We must now consider the period which is just drawing to a close as almost the last stage of our national resurrection, and prepare ourselves to finish worthily the marvelous design of the elect of twenty generations, the completion of which Providence has reserved for this fortunate age.
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On Speech
Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.
— Cicero
"No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care"
— Theodore Roosevelt
In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech.
— Aristotle
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you.
— Winston Churchill
Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.
— William Penn
Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
— William Jennings Bryan
There is no tone of voice more compelling than honesty; thus the first principle of persuasion is truth.
— Michael Fowler
