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The public have neither shame nor gratitude.
The public have neither shame nor gratitude.
If you can't write your message in a sentence, you can't say it in an hour.
If you can't write your message in a sentence, you can't say it in an hour.
A good orator is pointed and impassioned.
A good orator is pointed and impassioned.
You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.
You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.
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.
Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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 public is wiser than the wisest critic.
The public is wiser than the wisest critic.
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.