Stephen Vincent Benet

We can no longer take our own way of life for granted - we know that it may be challenged. And we know this, too - and know it ever more deeply - we know that freedom and democracy are not just big words mouthed by orators but the rain and the wind and the sun, the air and the light by which we breathe and live.

American Poet

George William Russell

It is true the orator may make a myriad replica of his own passion out of those who listen to him. But that does not prove he is right or they are not fools.

Irish Writer

Fred Hampton

I have a lot of respect for Martin Luther King. I think he was one of the greatest orators that the country ever produced.

American Activist

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator.

German Writer

Kapil Sibal

Modi is an excellent orator - sure, anybody who spouts untruths is an excellent orator.

Indian Politician

Marcus Tullius Cicero

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

Roman Statesman

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The passions are the only orators which always persuade.

French Writer

Theophrastus

An orator without judgment is a horse without a bridle.

Greek Philosopher

Maria Edgeworth

An orator is the worse person to tell a plain fact.

Irish Novelist

Vivek Agnihotri

Indian Director

An orator often speaks on formal occasions, addressing many people.

Public Speaking

A skilled orator uses persuasive language to influence the audience.

Persuasive Technique

An orator must display confidence to engage listeners effectively.

Confidence Display

The term orator is often associated with historically significant speakers.

Historic Significance

Great historical orators are remembered for their exceptional eloquence.

Eloquence Emphasis

Famous orators often inspire change and action through powerful speaking.

Inspiring Change

 The really astonishing thing though about this manuscript is that we looked at the other manuscripts that the palimpsester had made, the scribe had made his book out of, and one of them was a manuscript containing text by Hyperides. Now Hyperides was an Athenian orator from the fourth century B.C. He was an exact contemporary of Demosthenes.

William Noel: Revealing...

 to remind you of this funny anecdote you want to tell. And you'd go into your kitchen, and the fourth topic you were going to talk about was this strange journey that you went on for a year, and you'd have some friends to help you remember that. This is how Roman orators memorized their speeches --

Feats of memory anyone...

 Maybe not. Enter the prose poem. Prose poems use vivid images and wordplay but are formatted like paragraphs. When we look at poetry less as a form and more as a concept, we can see the poetic all around spiritual hymns, the speeches of orators like Martin Luther King, Jr.,

What makes a poem … a...

 To become great, he didn't spend all his time just being an orator or a lawyer, which would be his performance zone. But instead, he did activities designed for improvement. Of course, he studied a lot. He studied law and philosophy with guidance from mentors,

Eduardo Briceño: How to...

 and he certainly wasn't the only great orator of the day. Why him? And why is it that the Wright brothers were able to figure out controlled, powered man flight when there were certainly other teams who were better qualified, better funded --

How great leaders...

 orator of the day why him and why is it that the Wright brothers were able to figure out control powered man flight when there were certainly other teams who were better qualified better funded and they didn't achieve powered man

 and share her holy message with others. Though she never learned to read or write, Baumfree became known as an electrifying orator, whose speeches drew on Biblical references, spiritual ideals, and her experience of slavery.

The electrifying...

 or it could be a white supremacist Nazi-admiring orator somewhere else. All these figures, at first glance -- they seem disconnected. But I think they feed each other, and they need each other. And all around the world,

The revolutionary power...

 traditional path it starts with mastering the one skill essential in public life he learns to talk to the crowd he is a formidable orator he performs in the law courts he

Caesar's Gladiator Games...

 He's speechless, but he communicates joy in a way that some of the best orators cannot. Remi knows what love is. He shares it unconditionally and he shares it regardless.

Orator