Here’s our first list of impromptu topics. Competitors can randomly select topics for practice, and clubs can use the list to demo up to three speech rounds. Each round has a common theme, and each speaker is given a range of topics intended to include an easy and a difficult choice.

Round 1: Hitler 

SPEAKER 1
The greater the lie, the greater the chance that it will be believed. – Adolf Hitler
Those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live. – Adolf Hitler
The majority can never replace the man. – Adolf Hitler

SPEAKER 2
It is always more difficult to fight against faith than against knowledge. – Adolf Hitler
Success is the sole earthly judge of right and wrong. – Adolf Hitler
The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force. – Adolf
Hitler

SPEAKER 3
Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless. – Adolf Hitler
Humanitarianism is the expression of stupidity and cowardice. – Adolf Hitler
How fortunate for leaders that men do not think. – Adolf Hitler

SPEAKER 4
To be a leader means to be able to move masses. – Adolf Hitler
The victor will never be asked if he told the truth. – Adolf Hitler
Anyone who sees and paints a sky green and fields blue ought to be sterilized. – Adolf Hitler

SPEAKER 5
Great liars are also great magicians. – Adolf Hitler
The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it. – Adolf Hitler
Whoever has experienced war at the front will want to refrain from all avoidable bloodshed. – Adolf Hitler

SPEAKER 6
Strength lies not in defense but in attack. – Adolf Hitler
I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few. – Adolf Hitler
The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one
category. – Adolf Hitler

SPEAKER 7
Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future. – Adolf Hitler
Hate is more lasting than dislike. – Adolf Hitler
As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice. – Adolf Hitler

SPEAKER 8

The very first essential for success is a perpetually constant and regular employment of violence. – Adolf Hitler
He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future. – Adolf Hitler
By the skillful and sustained use of propaganda, one can make a people see even heaven as hell or an
extremely wretched life as paradise. – Adolf Hitler

SPEAKER 9
Mankind has grown strong in eternal struggles and it will only perish through eternal peace. – Adolf Hitler
The day of individual happiness has passed. – Adolf Hitler
Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for its own
destruction. – Adolf Hitler

Round 2: Blog Themes

SPEAKER 1
Celebrity
Valentine
Ice Cream

SPEAKER 2
Music
Christmas
Black & White

SPEAKER 3
Monster
Fashion
Thunderbolt

SPEAKER 4
Birthday
Iconic
Robot

SPEAKER 5
Peace
Food & Drink
Crown

SPEAKER 6
Cartoon
Vintage
Astronaut

SPEAKER 7
Strict
Plain
Solstice

SPEAKER 8
Office
Linear
Clean

SPEAKER 9
Perfect
Amateur
Papercut

Round 3: Pixar Quotes

SPEAKER 1
A good soldier never leaves a man behind! – Sergeant, “Toy Story”
Adventure is out there! – Charles Muntz, “Up”
Computer, define ‘dancing.’ – Captain, “Wall-E”

SPEAKER 2
Nature has a certain order. – Princess Atta, “A Bug’s Life”
You don’t talk much. I like you! – Ellie, “Up”
They keep creating new ways to celebrate mediocrity. – Bob, “The Incredibles”

SPEAKER 3
It isn’t stealing if no one wants it. – Django, “Ratatouille”
Oh, that’s great, blame it on the little guy. – Mike Wazowski, “Monsters, Inc”
Everyone’s special. – Helen, “The Incredibles”

SPEAKER 4
First rule of leadership: Everything is your fault. – Hopper, “A Bug’s Life”
Thanks for the adventure. Now go have one of your own. – Ellie, “Up”
You have saved our lives. We are eternally grateful. – Alien toys, “Toy Story 2”

SPEAKER 5
Ain’t no need to watch where I’m goin’; just need to know where I’ve been. – Mater, “Cars”
Try blue, it’s the new red! – Ship’s Computer, “Wall-E”
This is the perfect time to be hysterical. – Hamm the Piggy Bank, “Toy Story 3”

SPEAKER 6
Ya can’t rush art. – Geri the Cleaner, “Toy Story 2”
I think the boring stuff is the stuff I remember the most. – Russell, “Up”
Do not return to Earth. – Shelby Forthright, BnL CEO, “Wall-E”

SPEAKER 7
I don’t want your help, I want you safe. – Carl Fredricksen, “Up”
Now you respect me, because I’m a threat. – Syndrome, “The Incredibles”
They can’t know the truth! The truth, you see, is bad! – Flik, “A Bug’s Life”

SPEAKER 8
Valuing life is not weakness … and disregarding it is not strength. – Mirage, “The Incredibles”
I like you temporarily! – Dug, “Up”
Do you hear that? It’s the winds of change. – Randall, “Monsters, Inc”

SPEAKER 9
Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere. – Anton Ego, “Ratatouille”
I have just met you, and I love you. – Dug, “Up”
So long … partner. – Woody, “Toy Story 3”