Churchill wrote his own speeches. When a leader does that, he becomes emotionally invested with his utterances. If Churchill had had a speech writer in 1940, Britain would be speaking German today.

Quote by James C Humes

Topics: Speech Quotes

We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much: a vulgar and...

We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much: a vulgar and...

O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches...

O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches...

Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words

Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words

Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making...

Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making...

If you think you're too small to be effective, you have never been in bed...

If you think you're too small to be effective, you have never been in bed...

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

Advertising is speech. It's regulated because it's often effective speech.

Advertising is speech. It's regulated because it's often effective speech.

Literature is the immortality of speech

Literature is the immortality of speech

Commencement oratory must eschew anything that smacks of partisan politics, political preference, sex, religion or...

Commencement oratory must eschew anything that smacks of partisan politics, political preference, sex, religion or...

Brothers don't necessarily have to say anything to each other-they can sit in a room...

Brothers don't necessarily have to say anything to each other-they can sit in a room...

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

What the heart thinks, the tongue speaks

What the heart thinks, the tongue speaks

Gracious to all, to none subservient, Without offense he spoke the word he meant

Gracious to all, to none subservient, Without offense he spoke the word he meant

It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of...

It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of...

I never want to get to the point where it's all about my needs, and...

I never want to get to the point where it's all about my needs, and...

Speech happens to not be his language

Speech happens to not be his language

I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was...

I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was...

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.