Speech Quotes

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Believe me, it is no time for words when the wounds are fresh and bleeding; no time for homilies when the lightning's shaft has smitten,… — George Horace Lorimer
Speech is my hammer bang the world into shape now let it fall - HUNGH — Mos Def
Men of genius are not to be analysed by commonplace rules. The rest of us who have been or are leaders, more commonplace in our… — Robert Menzies
Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech. — Robert Menzies
There is freedom of speech, but I cannot guarantee freedom after speech — Idi Amin
The freedom of patient speech is necessary if the doctor is to get clues about the medical enigma before him. If the patient is inhibited,… — Jerome Groopman
A presidential speech is always the work of many hands. — David Frum
Events don't happen because I write a speech. I am allowed to write a speech because events are going to happen. — David Frum
All Citizens United did was to level the playing field for corporate speech. We now have, I think, the most free and open system we've… — Mitch McConnell
I'm really proud of this Supreme Court and the way they've been dealing with the issue of First Amendment political speech. — Mitch McConnell
Thought is deeper than all speech, Feeling deeper than all thought; Souls to souls can never teach What unto themselves was taught. — Christopher Pearse Cranch
Writing comes into being to retain information across time and across space. Before writing, communication is evanescent and local; sounds carry a few yards and… — James Gleick
Man's first expression, like his first dream, was an aesthetic one. Speech was a poetic outcry rather than a demand for communication. Original man, shouting… — Barnett Newman
A good traveler leaves no tracks. Good speech lacks fault-finding. — Laozi
Iâ€™ll always marvel at the liveliness of southern speech-so full of metaphor and hyperbole, quirks and vividness. — Frances Mayes
First off, LARDASS, you neglected to include a sign-off, forcing me to create one for you. I tried to create one that captured the spirit… — Dan Savage
Bopha, Sandy, floods in Pakistan, droughts in Chinaâ€¦ How many reports from the likes of the World Bank, NASA and the International Energy Agency will… — Steven Guilbeault
As liberty of thought is absolute, so is liberty of speech, which is 'inseparable' from the liberty of thought. Liberty of speech, moreover, is essential… — Gertrude Himmelfarb
In a Democracy, the real rulers are the dexterous manipulators of votes, with their placemen, the mechanics who so skillfully operate the hidden springs which… — Konstantin Pobedonostsev
Slow down, especially at the beginning of a speech. You'll get the audience's attention by pausing. — Bob Kerrey

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