A speech is poetry: cadence, rhythm, imagery, sweep! A speech reminds us that words, like children, have the power to make dance the dullest beanbag of a heart.
Source: What I Saw at the Revolution, ch. 5, 1990.
-- Peggy Noonan, (Sep 7 1950-____), US writer; She is best known for What I Saw at the Revolution, 1990.