To be an orator, one requires having some kind of a purpose
that he or she wishes to achieve. In a perfect world, all aspirations, intents,
and desires, which motivate someone to speak in public, would have been based
on the ultimate truth and goodness. But,
as we all know, our world is far from being perfect.
Through history to current
time, there have been many orators that mastered the art of public speaking; some
of them follow the Greek belief and considered to be morally good; however, others
follow the concept that the end justifies the means. Likewise, these days, public
speakers deliver not only for themselves, their personal ideas and believe, but
they also speak the words of companies, other groups and individuals that carry
idiosyncratic goals.
To clarify, I do believe that if we wish for a better world, an
orator should be an individual that is morally good, but this wish, at this
time, is far from reality.
Sunshine I agree, in a perfect world we would love to have an orator who has a strong moral compass and integrity. Sadly, that is not the world we live in. More often than not we are told what we want to hear, which is backed by unfulfilled promises. People just want a common hope that they can believe in, aspire to, something that will change their life for the better. Whether it be the leader of your company, the pastor of your church or the latest Presidential candidate: they all in one form or another give us speeches that deliver hope and promise.
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