Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 1277 |
| AUTHOR: | Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) |
| QUOTATION: | One woman who managed to corner him, the story runs, said in a treacly gushing voice: “Doesn’t it thrill you, Mr. Churchill, to know that every time you make a speech the hall is packed to overflowing?” “It is quite flattering,” Mr. Churchill replied, “but whenever I feel this way I always remember that if instead of making a political speech I was being hanged, the crowd would be twice as big.” |
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| SUBJECTS: | Oratory |