You can make a lot of speeches, but the real thing is when you dig a hole, plant a tree, give it… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
“My country again! Mr. Wilson, you have a country; but what country have I, or any one like me, born of slave… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
“I received comments on how extraordinary it was that I could keep up speaking for exactly 45 minutes. Indeed, in an age… — Robbert Dijkgraaf Copy Share Image
“I was running a traditional presidential campaign with carefully thought-out policies and painstakingly built coalitions, while Trump was running a reality TV… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“It is your duty,' he said, 'to recover your country not by gold but by the sword. You will be fighting with… — Livy Copy Share Image
“Germany:We've called this conference to solve the world's problems, not to fight about the problems of our past. And since I'm the… — Hidekaz Himaruya Copy Share Image
The problem with State of the Union speeches is that they are, by their nature and design, alphabet soup. It's hard to… — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
“I also saw young girls holding up quotes from my speeches over the years: “Women’s Rights Are Human Rights.” “I Am Powerful… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
we have not been impressed with any attribute of the Senate other than its appearance and manners. We have heard the best… — Beatrice Webb Copy Share Image
“At one point, approximately halfway through her remarks, Merkel stated in German something about ‘being able to greet the president of the… — Claudia Clark Copy Share Image
“And I'll close by saying this. Because anti-Semitism is the godfather of racism and the gateway to tyranny and fascism and war,… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Say what you want, do what you will with all those fine speeches on evolution, civilisation and a ton of other '-tion'… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
“Like all of Mr. Sumner’s speeches, this speech was carefully written out and largely memorized. He was deficient in the qualities of… — Archibald Henry Grimke Copy Share Image
We must get the American public to look past the glitter, beyond the showmanship, to the reality, the hard substance of things.… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image