Adlai Stevenson, himself a notable speaker, often reminisced about his last meeting with Churchill. I asked him on whom or what he had based his oratorical style. Churchill replied, 'It was an American statesman who inspired me and taught me how to use every note of the human voice like an organ.' Winston then to my amazement started to quote long excerpts from Bourke Cockrans speeches of 60 years before. 'He was my model,' Churchill said. 'I learned from him how to hold thousands in thrall.'
More Quotes from Winston Churchill:
What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?Winston Churchill
The maxim Nothing but perfection may be spelled Paralysis
Winston Churchill
The latest refinements of science are linked with the cruelties of the Stone Age.
Winston Churchill
Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.
Winston Churchill
It is a socialist ideal that making profits is a vice. I consider the real vice is making losses.
Winston Churchill
Say what you have to say and first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending sit down.
Winston Churchill
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: America QuotesBased on Keywords: adlai, amazement, bourke, excerpts, notable, oratorical, reminisced, stevenson, thrall
I believe that the will of the people is resolved by a strong leadership. Even in a democratic society, events depend on a strong leadership with a strong power of persuasion, and not on the opinion of the masses.
Yitzhak Shamir
Forgiveness means letting go of the past.
Gerald Jampolsky
I could be such a wonderful wife to another wife's husband.
Judith Viorst