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Quote by Aldous Huxley
The nature of oratory is such that there has always been a tendenc

The nature of oratory is such that there has always been a tendency among politicians and clergymen to oversimplify complex matters. From a pulpit or a platform even the most conscientious of speakers finds it very difficult to tell the whole truth. – Aldous Huxley

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My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing. – Aldous Huxley

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It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all ones life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than try to be a little kinder. – Aldous Huxley

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I sometimes marvel at the extraordinary docility with which Americans submit to speeches. – Adlai E. Stevenson

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When a sermon at length comes to an end, people rise and praise God, and they feel the same way after many other speeches. – John Andrew Holmes

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His speeches left the impression of an army of pompous phrases moving over the landscape in search of an idea. – Author Unknown

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There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave. – Dale Carnegie

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