Three things matter in a speech - who says it, how he says it and what he says, and of the three, the latter matters the least

Quote by John Morley

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The proper memory for a politician is one that knows what to remember and what...

The proper memory for a politician is one that knows what to remember and what...

Even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in the broad, intelligent,...

Even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in the broad, intelligent,...

A great interpreter of life ought not himself to need interpretation.

A great interpreter of life ought not himself to need interpretation.

He who hates vice hates men.

He who hates vice hates men.

They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement...

They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement...

Evolution is not a force but a process. Not a cause but a law.

Evolution is not a force but a process. Not a cause but a law.

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.

Politics is a field where the choice lies constantly between two blunders.

Politics is a field where the choice lies constantly between two blunders.

You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration.

You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration.

Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions.

Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions.

No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character.

No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character.

The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without and to...

The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without and to...

Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be...

Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be...

They are the guiding oracles which man has found out for himself in that great...

They are the guiding oracles which man has found out for himself in that great...

A proverb is good sense brought to a point.

A proverb is good sense brought to a point.

All religions die of one disease - that of being found out

All religions die of one disease - that of being found out

In politics the choice is constantly between two evils.

In politics the choice is constantly between two evils.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not,...

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not,...

You've got to be (an) optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be...

You've got to be (an) optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be...

Politics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives

Politics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives