Men of genius are not to be analysed by commonplace rules. The rest of us who have been or are leaders, more… — Robert Menzies Copy Share Image
Why did Google, for example, recently decide to offer free 411 service? I haven't talked to people at Google, but it's pretty… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
The American people are sick and tired of being afraid to speak their minds lest they be politically smeared as 'Communists' or… — Margaret Chase Smith Copy Share Image
Few people...have had much training in listening. The training of most oververbalized professional intellectuals is in the opposite direction. Living in a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel and it must remain undivided."Truth: Obama later said, "This was an example where we had… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In Islam there is a line between let's say freedom and the line which is then transgressed into immorality and irresponsibility and… — Cat Stevens Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech is, to all Americans, as oxygen is to the human condition. It is a right that has been irreversibly… — John C. McGinley Copy Share Image
Mad; adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence; not conforming to standards of thought, speech, and action derived by the… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Wine is a part of society because it provides a basis not only for a morality but also for an environment; it… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
To all the self-righteous defenders of 'freedom of speech' who oh-so-ardently proclaimed that FARA registration places no restrictions whatsoever on RT's journalistic… — Margarita Simonyan Copy Share Image
After graduating college in 2001 with a B. A. in Political Science and Speech Communications from Texas State University - San Marcos,… — Kesha Rogers Copy Share Image
Bad facts make bad law, and people who write bad laws are in my opinion more dangerous than songwriters who celebrate sexuality.… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
Russian is such a tough and complex language that I am happy enough to understand everything and read most things pretty well,… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
People depend on the Open Internet to connect and communicate with each other freely. Voters need it to inform themselves before casting… — Michael Copps Copy Share Image
Stammering is different than stuttering. Stutterers have trouble with the letters, while stammerers trip over entire parts of a sentence. We stammerers… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
The speech we hear is an indication of that which we don't hear. It is a necessary avoidance, a violent, sly, and… — Harold Pinter Copy Share Image
Like the sorcerer of old, the television set casts its magic spell, freezing speech and action, turning the living into silent statues… — Urie Bronfenbrenner Copy Share Image
Charles V used to say that "the more languages a man knew, he was so many more times a man." Each new… — Roger Ascham Copy Share Image
“From incoherent barkings of desire, man can advance to distinct speech now that, labelling the object with a name, he is able… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
I've looked at all of Hitler's speeches thinking that there's gotta be one where he's 'I'm Hitler!', but there weren't any. His… — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share Image
The civil liberties types who are fighting this issue have to fight it, owing to the nature of the laws, as a… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
We have as many planes of speech as does a painting planes of perspective which create perspective in a phrase. The most… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share Image
When I give a speech at a corporate event, I often ask those in attendance, 'Do you know how to tell if… — Bill Walsh Copy Share Image
In the national debate about a serious issue, it is the expression of the minority's viewpoint that most demands the protection of… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
Freedom of thought, freedom of speech, freedom of identity. This is my Holy Trinity, each one an intrinsic aspect of my god:… — Pat Condell Copy Share Image
“Our freedom of speech is not some cute, optional, anachronistic thing that you write about on a short answer quiz about school… — Brian Huskie Copy Share Image
I do not know what might be the most fitting description… I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Two Soviets . . . were talking to each other. And one of them asked, "What's the difference between the Soviet Constitution… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Striking a balance in favor of individual rights has always been the right decision for us and that it remains so even… — Mike Godwin Copy Share Image
When I enter a library, when I enter the world of books, I feel the ghosts of the past on my shoulders… — Sara Paretsky Copy Share Image
Man's first expression, like his first dream, was an aesthetic one. Speech was a poetic outcry rather than a demand for communication.… — Barnett Newman Copy Share Image
I do think if we take the power out of Washington and bring it back to the people, if we defend the… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
They are all beasts of burden in a sense, ' Thoreau once remarked of animals, 'made to carry some portion of our… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
There is hardly a congressman prepared to go home until he has at least one speech printed and sent to his constituents,… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Active liberty is particularly at risk when law restricts speech directly related to the shaping of public opinion, for example, speech that… — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
Reachable, near and not lost, there remained in the midst of the losses this one thing: language. It, the language, remained, not… — Paul Celan Copy Share Image
“Okay, here’s the first speech. You guys know what ‘black’ means, right? It means a program or project that is not acknowledged… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
I have long suspected that the power of speech is not a power at all, but a mere form of hysteria from… — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
Most of Roosevelt's innovations have been the law of the land for 70 years now, and yet we are still a free… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
Reasons are the spoils of victory. When you've destroyed the enemy, then your leaders write down the reasons in books, and give… — Terry Goodkind Copy Share Image
