January 20, 1961
Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, President Truman, reverend clergy, fellow citizens:
We observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom — symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning — signifying renewal, as well as change. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago.
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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
