
Originally Posted by
dr. d
in truth, many of our past and present great leaders and speakers, had wordsmiths to write their speeches for them.
if i may opine, it is un-common for them NOT to have a speechwriter.
barack had a speechwriter.
even jfk had a speechwriter.
but churchill... "he rolled his own". i like his "..we will fight them on the beaches..". his bulldog is very apt for him.
lincoln. he had a great speech writer. himself. he wrote his gettysburg address several times, because some folks back then wanted copies of the speech, and as there were no xerox machines yet... he wrote them. there were slight differences in lyrics of the copies.
FDR. yes and no. "...here's what i want to say. you guys can polish it up". but i believe his pearl harbor speech was from the heart.
cicero wrote his own, while the empire slept.
paQman chose the right topic. no one can say he made a mistake in the facts about his life.