My purpose in public address and in speech is really encapsulated in three C's: clear, concise, correct. No overblowing rhetoric or anything like that. As simple as possible: clear, concise, correct.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
And I like to convey my feelings, my emotions, my experience, the information I have to public use, public opinion.
I think it is important to begin with a statement in your speech that grabs the attention of the audience. I try to make my opening line 15 words or less.
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
I believe that public space should be intentional: it should be obvious that you belong.
And how is clarity to be achieved? Mainly by taking trouble and by writing to serve people rather than to impress them.
That's the best part of being in private practice, by the way: being able to say whatever I want. In the government I couldn't talk to reporters and couldn't speak to the public, and now I just feel free. I have a First Amendment right again, and I exercise it daily.
My purpose is to make my narrative as truthful as possible.
Regardless of whatever I do, I know what my purpose is: to make a difference in people's lives.
Much of my work strikes me as pretty unified: as a lawyer, working in several areas, I have thought about how to promote freedom of speech broadly for everyone.
What I do when speaking in public is trying to do it as best as possible and trying to make everybody comfortable with my words. Sometimes getting this is very difficult, but I try my best.
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