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A Politician Who Writes His Own Speeches


We are used to having professional speech writers who write speeches for major politicians. So we are not surprised that it wasn't Kennedy who came up with "Ask not what your country can do for you"; it was his speech writer. But in Churchill's case, not only did he write his own speeches but also there wasn't anyone who could excel Churchill in oratory or literary skills. Churchill was not only a great statesman but also a great orator. We miss people like that these days.

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However not all of his speeches were successful or even went down well with his own party.

Its that man again!!

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He did win the Nobel prize for literature: 1953.

Separately - I've heard that some of his speeches on the radio in the war years were also done by a 'voice double'.

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what are you talking about?

only obama can write his own "uh... uh, umm... uh..." speeches!

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Regarding our own presidents (USA), i found this article particularly illuminating:

http://www.presidentprofiles.com/General-Information/A-History-of-the-Presidency-Presidential-ghost-writers.html

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