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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].
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.
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.
A good orator is pointed and impassioned.
A good orator is pointed and impassioned.
The people are to be taken in very small doses.
The people are to be taken in very small doses.
If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public.
If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public.
Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.
Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.
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.
What we say is important... for in most cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
What we say is important... for in most cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
