“A speech is poetry, cadence, rhythm, imagery, sweep! A speech reminds us that words, like children, have the power to make dance the dullest beanbag of a heart.” - Peggy Noonan

From “Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst

January 13

“Extemporaneous speaking should be practiced and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public. However able and faithful he may be in other respects, people are slow to bring him business if he cannot make a speech.” - Abraham Lincoln