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I sometimes marvel at the extraordinary docility with which Americ

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

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Be sincere; be brief; be seated. – Franklin D. Roosevelt, on speechmaking

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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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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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