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The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it.
The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it.
The public is wiser than the wisest critic.
The public is wiser than the wisest critic.
In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude.
In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude.
The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less read more
The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality.
A good orator is pointed and impassioned.
A good orator is pointed and impassioned.
Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.
Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.
The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many read more
The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many have fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as have fallen by the tongue. [Ecclesiasticus 28:17 --18].
The public have neither shame nor gratitude.
The public have neither shame nor gratitude.
Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything.
Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything.
