“There is nothing in the world like persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus.”

“There are ten parts of speech and they are all troublesome.”

“Eloquence is the essential thing in a speech, not information.”

“The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”

“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”

“Peace by persuasion has a pleasant sound, but I think we should not be able to work it. We should have to tame the human race first, and history seems to show that that cannot be done.”

“It usually takes me two or three days to prepare an impromptu speech.”