Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
One of the areas I have a little less confidence in is giving any kind of a speech.
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.
You can't just give a speech and expect people to fall down and agree with you.
Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection.
I don't attach importance to great speeches or philosophy.
There is no reason for the government to limit political speech.
Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better, Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.
I happen to have given lots of free speeches.
When you're standing in front of an audience like this that is so enthusiastic and so much behind you, it is very hard to give a bad speech. Even a bad speech sounds good in a convention hall like this.