The person who has the strong ownership of free speech is the one who owns the press. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
the modes of speech are scarcely more variable than the modes of silence. — Hannah More Copy Share Image
San Francisco hosted the first medical marijuana job fair. The keynote speech was titled, 'Jobs and How to Avoid Getting One.' — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
We civilians defend our own right to free speech. The military in Iraq does not defend our right to free speech. — Medea Benjamin Copy Share Image
“Human thought elaborates itself with the progress of intelligence. Speech is the harvest of thought,” — Grenville Kleiser Copy Share Image
The court has said you are entitled to robust speech on public sidewalks, even insulting speech. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every man may speak truly, but to speak methodically, prudently, and fully is a talent that few men have. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Why then should words challenge Eternity, When greatest men, and greatest actions die? Use may revive the obsoletest words, And banish those… — Horace Copy Share Image
Lyrical lecture, word architecture, Rap director, the best in my sector. Microphone cool chief, releasin the smooth speech... I get nasty with… — Lord Finesse Copy Share Image
At least in America, you have freedom of speech, which is a good thing. It's just a question of whether you're allowed… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
When speech is given to a soul holy and true, time, and its dome of ages, becomes as a mighty whispering-gallery, round… — James Martineau Copy Share Image
Wit must be without effort. Wit is play, not work; a nimbleness of the fancy, not a laborious effort of the will;… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
In case the rest of you missed it, the inspirational speech was: 'If you work hard, you can achieve great things. And… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
Hitler ... lacked the [inclination] for anything more than the occasional sensational display of emotion, in particular the great set-piece speech which… — John Keegan Copy Share Image
“Our hope is a word and world of proud, independent nations that embrace their duties, seek friendship, respect others, and make common… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I wept bitterly, surrendering momentarily to my fear and heartbroken confusion, but slowly I began to quiet a bit, as Jamie stroked… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
People are already talking about the next presidential election. There's stories all over about who might run. At a recent speech, a… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
I often think people on opposite sides of the political spectrum may have similar values around care, around thriving or around independence,… — Mark Coleman Copy Share Image
“...through our art to battle against fear, self-centeredness and exclusivity of our predominately narcissistic culture, and through our craft to cultivate a… — David Harbour Copy Share Image
Will was making a speech, something about having been young and careless once, the sort of thing old-timers said when they issued… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
If you listen to the urban speech patterns in India you'll find it's quite characteristic that a sentence will begin in one… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
The First Amendment provides the only kind of security system that can preserve a free government - one that leaves the way… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in its altered… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The First Amendment was designed to protect offensive speech, because nobody ever tries to ban the other kind. — Mike Godwin Copy Share Image
Muslims (companions) misunderstood the speech of the Prophet on the day of Ghadeer. — Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah Copy Share Image
...the reality of intelligent British speech... uses blasphemus, coital and cloacal expletives as a matter of course. — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Comedy clubs are arguably one of the last bastions of uncensored, public free speech. — Ted Alexandro Copy Share Image
Pinhead needed to say goodbye. He had a farewell speech to make. It was truly as simple as that. — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
In a good play every speech should be as fully flavoured as a nut or apple. — John Millington Synge Copy Share Image
Flag-burning is plain wrong, and I'll stand up for free speech - even speech I don't like. — Deborah K. Ross Copy Share Image
I forget, is freedom of speech when it's legal to say what you want or is it when it has no consequences… — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
“The circumstances of these three - conduct, thoughts and speech, are constantly changing from moment to moment. ” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
We don't need to 'control' free speech, we need to control ourselves. — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
Advertising is speech. It's regulated because it's often effective speech. — Jef I Richards Copy Share Image
They ought to put an amendment to the First Amendment that says there shall also be freedom of hearing. — Tom Smothers Copy Share Image
We should not have either a blunt knife or a freedom of speech which is ill-managed. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
I will gladly go to jail in the name of free speech. I have no problem with what I said. Make me… — Joey Barton Copy Share Image
The color of the mountains is Buddha's body; the sound of running water is his great speech. — Dogen Copy Share Image