Amplification quotes

Amplification

15 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson Politician, Founding Father

"Amplification is the vice of modern oratory. It is an insult to an assembly of reasonable men, disgusting and revolting instead ofpersuading. Speeches measured by the hour, die by the hour."

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