“Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak.”— Isaac Barrow
“Eloquence: The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be.”— Ambrose Bierce
“He was a man of rough, but strong mind; and, though not elegant in his language, was very impressive in his delivery.”— Augustus Baldwin Longstreet
“Eloquence is not a stream that flows from a single fountain, but a mighty river, which is fed by all the springs of nature and of art.”— William Wirt
“Eloquence is the art of saying things in such a way that those to whom they are addressed will hear them with pleasure.”— William Jennings Bryan
“Anyone who has received from God the gift of knowledge and the power of eloquence has a duty not to remain silent.”— Marie de France