I should consider the speeches of Livy, Sallust, and Tacitus, as preeminent specimens of logic, taste and that sententious brevity which, using not a word to spare, leaves not a moment for inattention to the hearer. Amplification is the vice of modern oratory. -
Thomas Jefferson, a letter to David Harding, 1824
Public speaking is an important part of a civic society yet many of us fail to appreciate how words can have an effect on us a society. Just think about some of the great speeches and how they influenced society, politics, diplomacy...and try to strive for emulating the best parts every chance you get.
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