Speech Quotes · Page 131

Protected free speech has boundaries, and one boundary is fraud.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

Hypocrisy is wretched because the hypocrite says with his tongue what is not in his heart. He wrongs his tongue and oppresses…

— Hamza Yusuf

President Bush gave a rousing speech to the United Nations General Assembly. Afterward, in a touching show of support, every foreign dignitary…

— Tina Fey

The two reasons that Bernie Sanders gave her fits was the Iraq War and her association with Wall Street. Wall Street owns…

— Rush Limbaugh

I love the kookiness of our speech. Speech is like wonderful magic and poetry in itself. I've always had to crib a…

— Junot Diaz

I typically start out almost every speech I give making some kind of joke about me being in a wheelchair.

— Greg Abbott

Peace means loyalty to self. ... And loyalty to one's self means never a gap between thought, speech, act.

— Ruth Beebe Hill

I'm defending free speech pretty much all over the place because you still have freedom of speech.

— Larry the Cable Guy

Katherine it was who took upon herself the complete charge of [Junior's] speech. Not an insignificant "have went" nor an infinitesimal "I…

— Bess Streeter Aldrich

You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies - and it applies to any rock…

— Bob Geldof

I find weddings really boring. They give speeches, your aunt kisses you on the cheek, and you're at a boring table. But…

— Isla Fisher

My power of speech, unimpeachable. Only 19 but my mind is older.

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

The radicals...want speech regulated by codes that proscribe certain language. They see free speech as at best a delusion, at worst a…

— Russell Jacoby

We hold that no person or set of persons can properly establish a standard of expression for others.

— William Randolph Hearst

As a matter of fact, I didn't make a political speech outside of my state for 20 years.

— Joe Biden

The practice of Zen is to eat, breathe, cook, carry water, and scrub the toilet — to infuse every act of body,…

— Nhat Hanh

The Internet may fairly be regarded as a never-ending worldwide conversation. The government may not, through the C.D.A., interrupt that conversation. As…

— Stewart Dalzell

[Larry Kramer] got really mad at me once. The precipitating incident was a speech at Yale by the first President Bush's Secretary…

— Kevin Sessums

A free press is one that prints a dictator's speech but doesn't have to.

— Laurence J. Peter

I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

— Voltaire

I've discovered I prefer to prepare a few notes or actually write the speech so I can really hone it down to…

— Geoffrey Rush

Bring different groups together internally, send them out to visit other companies, or bring in interesting speeches. Show that you love learning…

— Scott D. Anthony

I’m always focussed on the actual work, and I think that’s a much more succinct way to describe what you care about…

— Jonathan Ive

The best of life is conversation, and the greatest success is confidence, or perfect understanding between sincere people.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I realised that you could get into trouble with a dull speech.

— Dennis Skinner