Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft Quote

A speech is like a love affair: any fool can start one but to end one requires considerable skill.

On long speeches

In a debate in the House of Lords. As quoted in: Report (Southern Rhodesia Council of Social Service Conference, 1965), p. 19


A speech is like a love affair: any fool can start one but to end one requires considerable skill.

A speech is like a love affair: any fool can start one but to end one requires considerable skill.

A speech is like a love affair: any fool can start one but to end one requires considerable skill.

A speech is like a love affair: any fool can start one but to end one requires considerable skill.