#speeches

Several speeches were made by the chiefs during the council, all expressive in the highest degree of their friendly disposition towards our government, and their conduct in every particular manifested the sincerity of their declarations. ↗

— William Henry Ashley

#conduct #council #declarations #degree #disposition

It has since been agreed that speeches given in English will be translated into French and vice versa, and even into German and Italian when necessary. No doubt translations into Esperanto will also soon be in demand. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

#also #been #demand #doubt #english

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood. ↗

— Otto von Bismarck

#day #decisions #great #iron #majority

No, and in fact I get a bit frustrated, because I'm actually quite good at one-liners, and I've had hundreds of them over the years, and they sink without trace, and I get very frustrated. Every party conference I really work on the speeches, and I always have two or three things I'm quite proud of, and no one ever remembers them. ↗

— Vince Cable

#always #because #bit #conference #ever

When I give a lot of speeches, they're always on the fly. I mean, I know what I'm going to say roughly, but I do not - will not read. ↗

— Vince Flynn

#fly #give #going #i #i do

The very best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance. ↗

— Ruth Gordon

#best #impromptu #ones #speeches #very

I'd usually read the Bible a lot. Read little short Bible stories. And today, whenever I give speeches, I bring up a few of those Bible stories, because those are inspirations to me. ↗

— Herschel Walker

#bible #bring #few #give #i

Sometimes I wonder what happened to great speeches, but then I turn on the TV and I’m in wonder at how good my candidate looks. ↗

— Bauvard

#humor #politics #speeches #funny

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes. ↗

— Peter Drucker

#about #attributes #being #defined #effective

I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#heard #i #know #lot #recycled