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A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority.
Free speech is not just free speech for people you admire. It's also for people who you think of as reprehensible.
Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts. [Fr., La parole a ete donnce a l'homme pour deguiser sa pensee.]
For some time its been my habit to use images when preparing a speech: rather than write it down, I illustrate it.
His forward voice now is to speak well of his friend. His backward voice is to utter foul speeches and to detract.
Speech is the birthright of every child. It is the deaf child's one fair chance to keep in touch with his fellows.
There is no traitor like him whose domestic treason plants the poniard within the breast that trusted to his truth
I would have been better than Adolf Hitler. I could have delivered his speeches a lot better... that's for certain.
It is planned speeches that contain lies or dissimulations, not what you blurt out so spontaneously in one instant.
I fundamentally agree with the critical nature of Israeli democracy, which embraces the core notion of free speech.
I distrust speech therapy. Words are the language of lies and evasions. Music cannot lie. Music talks to the heart.
Aggressive civil disobedience should be confined to a vindication of the right of free speech and free association.
I forgot Dumbledore trashed Hogwarts, refused to resign and ran off to the forest to make speeches to angry trolls.
I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner.
The world is emblematic. Parts of speech are metaphors, because the whole of nature is a metaphor of the human mind.
Beyond all the other reasons not to do it, free speech assaults always backfire: they transform bigots into martyrs.
Democrats haven't been this upset about an American engaging in free speech since Juanita Broaddrick opened her yap.
Twas a special gift of God that speech was given to mankind; for through the Word, and not by force, wisdom governs.
Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately.
It's freeing, to think that there's always an aspect of us outside the grasp of speech, the common stuff of language.
If you have to make an unpopular speech, give it all the sincerity you can muster; that's the only way to sweeten it.
a fair degree of literacy of speech ... is increasingly rare in politicians and not necessarily regarded as an asset.
Nixon is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump for a speech on conservation.
From Bill Clinton speech- People are more impressed by the power of our example rather than the example of our power.
Take free speech: most of the tough cases on free speech involve very unpleasant people saying very obnoxious things.
The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in that order.
But in love each moment is magnified, and every gesture, word and syllable is examined like a speech by the President.
How many people saw Arnold's speech last night? I haven't seen that many Kennedys in one place since their last trial.
It is by speech that many of our best gains are made. A large part of the good we receive comes to us in conversation.
True and False are attributes of speech, not of things. And where speech is not, there is neither Truth nor Falsehood.
Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.
Never write down your speeches beforehand; if you do, you may perhaps be a good declaimer, but will never be a debater.
Babylon, Learned and wise, hath perished utterly, Nor leaves her speech one word to aid the sigh That would lament her.
One thing I've always loved and rated me dad for is that, because of him, I've never seen the Queen's Christmas speech.
The strangest thing that human speech and human writing can do is create a metaphor. That is an amazing leap, is it not?
Obama has become too dependent on formal speeches and set town halls. His idea of mixing it up is taking off his jacket.
Phocion compared the speeches of Leosthenes to cypress-trees. "They are tall," said he, "and comely, but bear no fruit."
Do not be fooled by one who recites the Qurân. His recitation is but speech – but look to those who act according to it.
The spirit of the First Amendment has been effectively repealed for conservative speech by a censorious, accusatory mob.
We need a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to control the so-called free speech rights of corporations.
Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it.
Homo-sexuals should not be censored, but neither should those who oppose their point of view. That's called free speech.
While the Internet is censored in China, the censorship is allowing a level of speech to take place that's unprecedented.
I'm a believer in the Constitution and in the First Amendment. Not just for raising money but also for freedom of speech.
Poetry begins as the divine speech of the bicameral mind. Then, as the bicameral mind breaks down, there remain prophets.
It wasn't that I was stupid ... It was just that there didn't seem to be a lot to say that someone wasn't already saying.
Heretical views arise when the truth is uncertain, and it is only when the truth is uncertain that censorship is invoked.
I have no problem with free speech, but free speech and then silencing your opposition - boy, I have a problem with that.
I can't say I'm not nervous at all with media and doing speeches, but I'm getting used to it and better at it, hopefully.
My dad is my everything. He always had the craziest speeches for Kylie [Jenner] and me growing up, good words to live by.