Speech Quotes

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Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection. — Neal Boortz
Now that the Court has declared money to be speech, I say we replace the current Court with some Ben Franklins, Thomas Jeffersons, George Washingtons,… — Elayne Boosler
Without free speech no search for truth is possible... no discovery of truth is useful. — Charles Bradlaugh
Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech… — Louis D. Brandeis
I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about; what they care about is the picture. — Madeleine Albright
Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart. — William Jennings Bryan
There are three principles in a man's being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin… — Martin Buber
Body language is a very powerful tool. We had body language before we had speech, and apparently, 80% of what you understand in a conversation… — Deborah Bull
The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in that order. — Madeleine Albright
I have learned that it is far easier to write a speech about good advertising than it is to write a good ad. — Leo Burnett
People make suggestions on what to say all the time. I'll give you an example; I don't read what's handed to me. People say, 'Here,… — George W. Bush
I'm one of those people that feels that Americans that shouldn't do Shakespeare... The rhythms of the English language and the mannerisms of the English… — Nicolas Cage
English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite. — Michael Caine
I believe that freedom of speech and freedom of religion go hand-in-hand in America. — Kirk Cameron
Whether it's people walking off 'The View' when Bill O'Reilly makes a statement about radical Islam or Juan Williams being fired for expressing his opinion,… — Eric Cantor
I don't know, people take chances on stage. It's a big free speech zone, a comedy show. So sometimes things happen, you say things that… — Drew Carey
Music is well said to be the speech of angels. — Thomas Carlyle
Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better, Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time. — Thomas Carlyle
Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts. — Thomas Carlyle

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