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Speechwriting Quotes

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Mandy Hager
“Dialectic, she says, describes the rational discussion between those who hold conflicting positions, to find resolution and deduce the truth through the disciplines of logic and reason. Rhetoric, meanwhile, is the art of persuasion. It makes use of invention, arrangement, delivery and style.
Therefore, can the delivery and style of rhetoric take precedence over truth?”
Mandy Hager, Heloise

Theodore C. Sorensen
“Our surest protection against assault from abroad has been not all our guards, gates and guns, or even our two oceans, but our essential goodness as a people. Our richest asset has been not our material wealth but our values.”
Ted Sorensen

David Litt
“As professional dilettantes, speechwriters use their short attention spans to your advantage.”
David Litt, Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years

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