The eloquence of the British Senate. A selection of the best speeches of the most distinguished parliamentary speakers, from ... the reign of Charles I ... biographical, critical, and explanatory

When one yells, the other should listen-because when two people yell, there is no communication, just noise and bad vibrations." • Principle 1 - The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it. 2 - A Sure Way Of Making Enemies - And How To Avoid It When Theodore Roosevelt was in the White House, he confessed that if he could be right 75 percent of the time, he would reach the highest measure of his expectation. If that was the highest rating that one of the most distinguished men of the twentieth century could hope to obtain, what about you and me? If you can be sure of being right only 55 percent of the time, you can go down to Wall Street and make a million dollars a day. If you can't be sure of being right even 55 percent of the time, why should you tell other people they are wrong? You can tell people they are wrong by a look or an intonation or a gesture just as eloquently as you can in words - and if you tell them they are wrong, do you make them want to agree with you? Never! For you have struck a direct blow at their intelligence, judgment, pride and self-respect ...»