Rutherford B. Hayes Quotes

Speeches are much easier if you read them. I just find when I do that, it's harder to fire up the crowd.

There is not alternative to speechwriters. You can’t run for president and write your own speeches.

Making clever speeches takes a lot of work and a lot of time.

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.

When you make as many speeches and you talk as much as I do and you get away from the text, it's always a possibility to get a few words tangled here and there.

When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to decide is what to say.

Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.

No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation.

Long speeches work if they’re filled with substance.

With reference to political speeches in political campaigns or with reference to discussions in the Senate, I do no more than make a skeleton outline of the line of argument I wish to pursue. I do not undertake to reduce the speech to manuscript form. Many of my speeches which have been most satisfactory to me I have prepared in a few hours. I think it is quite accurate to say that the manuscript is practically unknown in my speaking. Furthermore, I should say that even the skeleton outline referred to above is generally forgotten after I begin my speech. I try to get the subject and the outline of the subject and the objective thoroughly in my mind, and all the preparations are with a view of doing this rather than with the idea of having something before me to follow.

Then there was a maiden speech, so inaudible that it was doubted whether, after all, the young orator really did lose his virginity.

To make a politic speech is like being carried up a flight of steps by the pressure of a crowd.

The best way to study about speech writing is to read great speeches.

In order to make a good speech you must have something to say and you have to believe it.

I was very nervous about giving speeches for a long time.

I gave 738 Rotary Club speeches, and it was just driving me crazy, so someone said, 'Why don't you charge money?'

Nearly every politician plagiarizes their speeches, because nearly every politician has a speech writer do the work for them.

I've done many rallies and it's been super-charged, highly charged. People are very receptive.

Always, with speeches, I feel like it's an opportunity to say something.

At the end of the day after a few speeches and a lot of campaign stops, I'm more energized than drained.

The speeches to be wary of are those that begin with I'm just going to say a few words.

I was a part of the largest WrestleMania ever, so I know how to feed off the energy from the crowd in my fights.

My early years as a 'speaker' involved note cards that shook like a leaf while I held them because I was so nervous.

I like to get the fans off their seats, and hopefully I can do that.

I didn't think I was much of a public speaker.