Candidates Quote by Calvin Coolidge

If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.

— W. Somerset Maugham

There are examples of ex-presidents speaking out. Jimmy Carter has not held back on a variety of issues. Harry Truman didn't.

— Robert Dallek

Mr President, I have decided not to speak the entire speech which I have.

— Afonso Van-Dunem

He was one of the few political leaders I have ever met whose public speeches revealed more than his private conversations. [On Ronald Reagan]

— Gerald R. Ford

Acceptance speeches can make or break presidential candidacies. It was Al Gore's 2000 acceptance speech that relaunched his candidacy and nearly saved him. John…

— Chuck Todd

I do expect that the President will say something at the beginning of his remarks today, at the conversation.

— Scott McClellan

People go on about my speech but I've always had a speech impediment.

— James Toney

[President George W.] Bush - never mind his well-crafted set speeches; listen to him as he leans on a lectern, chatting to an audience…

— George Will

One of the areas I have a little less confidence in is giving any kind of a speech.

— Danica Patrick

And Ralph Nader, God bless him, still out there campaigning. Ralph Nader said today he has set a record for the most campaign speeches…

— Jay Leno

The job of the president of the United States is to talk to the public, is to explain to them. Now, some presidents talk…

— P. J. O'Rourke

I always believed as a speechwriter that if you could persuade the president to commit himself to certain words, he would feel himself committed…

— David Frum