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Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
We know what works: freedom works. We know what's right: freedom is right. We know how to secure a more and just and prosperous life… — George H. W. Bush
Let us labor for the security of free thought, free speech, pure morals, unfettered religious sentiments, and equal rights and privileges for all men, irrespective… — Ulysses S. Grant
Whatever doubt there may be as to the quality or purpose of our free speech we certainly have ample volumes in production. — Herbert Hoover
The durability of free speech and free press rests on the simple concept that it search for the truth and tell the truth. — Herbert Hoover
Since Humanism as a functioning credo is so closely bound up with the methods of reason and science, plainly free speech and democracy are its… — Corliss Lamont
We must get the American public to look past the glitter, beyond the showmanship, to the reality, the hard substance of things. And we'll do… — Mario Cuomo
Yes, I heard my people singing!-in the glow of parlor coal-stove and on summer porches sweet with lilac air, from choir loft and Sunday morning… — Paul Robeson
One of the most difficult speeches to prepare is an address to a graduation class, which is why I don't often do them. — Jerry Moran
This decision is an illustration that freedom of speech still protects average people sitting on a street corner singing. — John Morrison
Verse, singing, and speech have a common origin. — Jean-Philippe Rameau
This Ariyan Eightfold Path, that is to say: Right view, right aim, right speech, right action, right living, right effort, right mindfulness, right contemplation. — Gautama Buddha
Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, lessens the friction of social contacts. . . . It is only in lies, wholeheartedly and bravely… — Clare Boothe Luce
Listening to a speech by [Neville] Chamberlain is like paying a visit to Woolworth's, everything in its place and nothing above sixpence. — Aneurin Bevan
The Republican nominee-to-be, of course, is also a young man. But his approach is as old as McKinley. His party is the party of the… — John F. Kennedy
The Princess's so-called 'time and space speech' at the end of '93 about a year after the formal separation, looking back on it it's called… — Anthony Holden
There is no real teacher who in practise does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it… — Allan Bloom
When I look out the window, I exhale a prayer of thanks for the color green, for my children's safety, for the simple acts of… — Barbara Kingsolver
Commencement oratory must eschew anything that smacks of partisan politics, political preference, sex, religion or unduly firm opinion. Nonetheless, there must be a speech: Speeches… — John Kenneth Galbraith
The easiest way to stay awake during an after-dinner speech is to deliver it. — Herman Herst, Jr.

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