“Oratory is the parent of liberty. By the constitution of things it was ordained that eloquence should be the last stay and support of liberty, and that with her she is ever destined to live, to flourish, and to die. It is to the interest of tyrants to cripple and debilitate every species of eloquence. They have no other safety. It is then, the duty of free states to foster oratory.”
-Henry Hardwicke
i love listening to or reading great speeches. such a neglected art form (except by Obama).
check out art of manliness's collection of 35 greatest speeches in history
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