Speech Quotes

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Speeches made to the people are essential to the arousing of enthusiasm for a war. — Benito Mussolini
Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds,… — Sakya Pandita
You cannot extend the mastery of government over the daily life of a people without somewhere making it master of people's souls and thoughts.... Every… — Herbert Hoover
No one can deny that much of our modern advertising is essentially dishonest; and it can be maintained that to lie freely and all the… — Carl L. Becker
These are all voluntary resources which help parents sort out the choices without infringing on the artists rights to free speech, which is something that… — Tipper Gore
Lamon, that speech won't scour. It is a flat failure and the people are disappointed. — Abraham Lincoln
I'm able to bring business expertise but, more importantly, operating experience. The people here at Google are young. Every day there are lots of new… — Eric Schmidt
I had a right to my own political opinions. I am a Southern woman, born with Revolutionary blood in my veins. Freedom of speech and… — Rose O'Neal Greenhow
Action hangs, as it were, dissolved in speech, in thoughts whereof speech is the shadow; and precipitates itself therefrom. The kind of speech in a… — Thomas Carlyle
Our reverence for the nobility of manhood will not be lessened by the knowledge that man is in substance and in structure, one with the… — Thomas Huxley
In a free state there should be freedom of speech and thought. — Tiberius
Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence. — Ramana Maharshi
Loud speech, profusion of words, and possessing skillfulness in expounding scriptures are merely for the enjoyment of the learned. They do not lead to liberation. — Adi Shankara
O my mind,Make your speech egoless.Then everyoneWill appreciate, admire and adore you. — Sri Chinmoy
Once we have surrendered our senses and nervous systems to the private manipulation of those who would try to benefit from taking a lease on… — Marshall McLuhan
The color of the mountains is Buddha's body; the sound of running water is his great speech. — Dogen
I think freedom of speech is important, but coupled with responsibility. — Brandon Boyd
The basic line in any good verse is cadenced... building it around the natural breath structures of speech. — Kenneth Rexroth
It takes great labor to uncover the convincing simple speech of the heart. Poetic candor comes with hard labor, so even does impetuosity and impudence. — Kenneth Rexroth
But in reality the point of free speech is for the stuff thatâ€™s over the line, and strikingly unbalanced. If free speech is only for… — Mark Steyn

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