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Flowery oratory he despised. He ascribed to the interested views of themselves or their relatives the declarations of pretended patriots, of whom he said, "All those men have their price."

Sir Robert Walpole

When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of oratory, he answered, "Action;" and which was the second, he replied, "Action;" and which was the third, he still answered, "Action."

Plutarch

Death has been proven to be 99 per cent fatal in laboratory rats.

Westheimer's Discovery: A couple of months in the laboratory can save a couple of hours in the library.

Frank H. Westheimer

Flowery oratory he [Walpole] despised. He ascribed to the interested views of themselves or their relatives the declarations of pretended patriots, of whom he said, "All those men have their price."

William Coxe

Conversation is the laboratory and workshop of the student.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I asked of my dear friend Orator Prig: "What's the first part of oratory?" He said, "A great wig." "And what is the second?" Then, dancing a jig And bowing profoundly, he said, "A great wig." "And what is the third?" Then he snored like a pig, And puffing his cheeks out, he replied, "A great wig."

George Colman ("The Younger")

The object of oratory alone is not truth, but persuasion.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action."

Pliny the Younger (Caius Caecilius Plutarch

It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.

Louis D. Brandeis

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