I love eulogies. They are the most moving kind of speech because they attempt to pluck meaning from the fog, and on… — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
Language is neither reactionary nor progressive; it is quite simply fascist; for fascism does not prevent speech, it compels speech. — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
Speeches and me don't get along sometimes. It is kind of like putting a tie too tight on my neck. I'm going… — Rickey Henderson Copy Share Image
With regard to freedom of expression there are basically two positions: you defend it vigorously for views you hate, or you reject… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
As all Members of Parliament know, the ease and flow of making a speech outside the House is not at all the… — Nicholas Soames Copy Share Image
In the years since then, those four freedoms - freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Speech is highly elliptical. It would scarcely be endurable otherwise. Ellipsis is indispensable to the writer or speaker who wants to be… — Bergen Evans Copy Share Image
Beneath the surface of repartee and mock seriousness, [Plato's Phaedrus] is asking whether we ought to prefer a neuter form of speech… — Richard M. Weaver Copy Share Image
Obama has been perhaps the most partisan President since Truman. He hasn't learned to be civil - note his insulting speech to… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
I lived long enough in a society where freedom of speech was nonexistent, and I know what kind of misery that creates… — Milos Forman Copy Share Image
Democracy, to maintain itself, must repeatedly conquer every cell and corner of the nation. How many of our public institutions and private… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
“A man's words reveal, first, the man. The words are not the man, and yet they reveal him faithfully and are to… — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
My belief in free speech is so profound that I am seldom tempted to deny it to the other fellow. Nor do… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I was pretty realistic to people about what we could get done, and the situation we were in, and trying to tamp… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Most of us are reflecting life and not affecting it. Your inner speech mirrors your mind, and your mind mirrors God. If… — Neville Goddard Copy Share Image
The language of literature is the language of all the world. It is necessary to divest ourselves at once of the notion… — George Edward Woodberry Copy Share Image
Nature, as we say, does nothing without some purpose; and for thepurpose of making mana political animal she has endowed him alone… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It is my responsibility to make sure that the fear is overcome… “This attack must instead free our speech about Islamic fundamentalism.… — Marine Le Pen Copy Share Image
How many watched the President's speech last night? [half-hearted audience applause] How many watched American Idol ? [thundering applause] Okay, there you… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
President Bush gave a rousing speech to the United Nations General Assembly. Afterward, in a touching show of support, every foreign dignitary… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
Liberty of conscience is nowadays only understood to be the liberty of believing what men please, but also of endeavoring to propagate… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
I do still get extremely nervous before speeches. My biggest fear is that I'll be standing there in front of hundreds of… — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share Image
Remember that you are a human being with a soul and the divine gift of articulate speech: that your native language is… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
We're already cyborgs. Your phone and your computer are extensions of you, but the interface is through finger movements or speech, which… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I am against conversion (to Buddhism). In my speech at UN, the first thing I said was that I am for conversion,… — S. N. Goenka Copy Share Image
Giving back, doing motivational speeches and stuff like that, that's always made me feel good. If you repeatedly go out there, and… — Keke Palmer Copy Share Image
There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot. For us of the minority, the opportunity to see… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
I think it's appropriate in America for anyone to speak out and say what their reaction is to the president's State of… — Jim Jordan Copy Share Image
Many great writers have been extraordinarily awkward in daily exchange, but the greatest give the impression that their style was nursed by… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
Repeating then is in every one, in every one their being and their feeling and their way of realising everything and every… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
Malcolm X never renounced and never stepped away from a strong commitment to black nationalism and black self-determination. That's absolutely clear if… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
In a democracy, everyone has the right to an opinion and to freedom of expression. That doesn't give anyone the right to… — Shatrughan Sinha Copy Share Image
“He spoke in a trembling voice that didn’t seem to be entirely in sync with the movement of his lips. That’s because… — Sorin Suciu Copy Share Image
Donald Trump, when he gives his speeches, talks like a populist. And he talks to middle class and working America and poor… — Charles Schumer Copy Share Image
The Internet is a powerful example of free speech and the free market in action; it is curious that the Net has… — Denise Caruso Copy Share Image
We must hold the CCP accountable and protect the freedoms of religion and speech for all. Our athletes, and our world, deserve… — Michelle Steel Copy Share Image
I am aware that America is and must always be a land of freedom including freedom of speech. But there is a… — Beverly LaHaye Copy Share Image
There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The problem with people who live in a world of speeches and books and theories is they don't know how to fix… — Kathleen Troia McFarland Copy Share Image
My poems are more my silence than my speech. Just as music is a kind of quiet. Sounds are needed only to… — Anna Kamienska Copy Share Image
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