Lawrence Campbell Oratory Competition - Topics

Topics

Because of the emphasis on oratory, the topics usually admit of wide latitude for the candidates to be creative. Often, quotations from literature, public figures, and popular culture are chosen as topics, along with proverbs or even single words. Past topics include:

• Assume a virtue if ye have it not
• One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name
• I must follow them, for I am their leader
• He thinks too much – such men are dangerous
• Because it was there
• If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it
• The devil can recite scripture for his purpose
• When in disgrace...
• The fault, dear Brutus, lies not in the stars
• Lyposuction
• Away
• I am Fate's lieutenant; I act under orders
• Couch Jumping
• Right as the world goes is only in issue between equals in power while the strong do as they will and the weak suffer as they must
• "Look at my works, ye mighty, and despair" (2011)
• Born This Way (2011)
• Two cheers for Democracy (2011)