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The first author of speech was God himself, that instructed Adam how to name such creatures as He presented to his sight.
Being generous and kindly in speech, doing a good turn for others, and treating all alike. One like this will be praised.
The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.
The people of Iran have had to endure repressive laws that have stifled their freedom of speech and religion for too long.
Trust the man who hesitates in his speech and is quick and steady in action, but beware of long arguments and long beards.
If money is a form of speech, as the Supreme Court has regrettably found, rich donors will always be the loudest speakers.
It is amazing how much a thought expands and refines by being put into speech: I should think it could hardly know itself.
There seems to be so much shame wrapped up in speech disabilities. It seems very sad and complicated all at the same time.
Indulgence in frivolous speech not only reveals one's lack of moral character, but it deprives him of good qualities also.
Speech is as a pump, by which we raise and pour out the water from the great lake of Thought,--whither it flows back again.
I'm really proud of this Supreme Court and the way they've been dealing with the issue of First Amendment political speech.
Of all the pulpits from which human voice is ever sent forth, there is none from which it reaches so far as from the grave.
A kiss is a course of procedure cunningly devised, for the mutual stopage of speech at a moment when words are superfluous.
It was pleasant to talk shop again; to use that elliptical, allusive speech that one uses only with another of one's trade.
Poetry is one of the destinies of speech... One would say that the poetic image, in its newness, opens a future to language.
Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words.
One is so apt to cheapen a thing when one tries hastily to put it into words, and ever afterward it is never quite the same.
There is a fine line between free speech and hate speech. Free speech encourages debate whereas hate speech incites violence.
I generally feel that the solution to speech that people find offensive is more speech. You should talk about it, discuss it.
They did something once that slurred my speech, and I thought, "Oh, man, you're messing with my brain. It's freaking me out."
Depending on your political orientation, the Dixie Chicks are either the great defenders of free speech or American traitors.
Speech is civilization itself. The word, even the most contradictions word, preserves contact - it is silence which isolates.
Worrying that banning flag desecration would inhibit free speech reveals a misunderstanding of the flag's fundamental nature.
Speech is not violence. The Left conflates the two in order to justify its own violent reactions to differing points of view.
Not to be born surpasses thought and speech. The second best is to have seen the light and then go back quickly whence we came
As I've been acting since I was young it's taught me to give a good speech, and, though I say so myself, I did it pretty well.
Somehow, defending my liberal values of free speech, liberty, and rights of the individual has become a conservative position.
The social consequence of the psychedelic experience is clear thinking -which trickles down as clear speech. Empowered speech.
Writing an acceptance speech gives you the expectation of winning, and you are therefore devastated or hurt if you didn't win.
I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, "Without vanity I may say," etc., but some vain thing immediately followed.
A rousing tale of techno-geek rebellion, as necessary and dangerous as file sharing, free speech, and bottled water on a plane.
What view is one likely to take of the state of a person's mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?
There are three things in speech that ought to be considered before some things are spoken--the manner, the place and the time.
Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty.
It is easy to love one's enemy when one is making fine speeches; but so difficult to do so in the actual everyday work of life.
The American people, I am convinced, really detest free speech. At the slightest alarm they are ready and eager to put it down.
They (teenage boys)don’t really listen to speeches or talks. They absorb incrementally, through hours and hours of observation.
All writers start out mimicking other writers. I've never relinquished that. I have a good ear for speech and writing patterns.
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense into your good sense.
I [give] maybe the long-winded speeches that not everybody reads, but I can also do a slow jam on Jimmy Fallon better than most.
We won't tolerate abuses and crimes made every day in the name of freedom of speech. That is freedom of extortion and blackmail.
I think all regions have had their peculiarities of speech rounded off by television, radio, and people travel so much more now.
Hand in hand with freedom of speech goes the power to be heard, to share in the decisions of government which shape men's lives.
Freedom is poetry, taking liberties with words, breaking the rules of normal speech, violating common sense. Freedom is violence.
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.
A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.
Language is in decline. Not only has eloquence departed but simple, direct speech as well, though pomposity and banality have not.
A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.
O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.
Barack Obama's convention speech in 2004 had made him a political star, and he arrived in Iowa to crowds unseen in caucus history.