In the Reagan administration, a great speech was just the first step in a long process. In the Obama administration, it's the only step.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy.
If you go back and look at President Reagan's speeches, they bring you to tears almost.
Obama still has work to do with the vision thing. Convincing voters that he has a credible, practical plan to turn the nation around is a process, not a speech.
President Reagan's one-liners were terrific.
I thought 'The King's Speech' was great.
Convention speeches are powerful tools to bend the curve of public opinion. George H. W. Bush's 1988 convention speech is a great example. His son's speech was also quite powerful.
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.
A presidential speech is always the work of many hands.
The most precious things in speech are pauses.
Speech is one of the marvels that characterize man, and also one of the most difficult spontaneous creations that have been accomplished by nature.
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