Speech Quotes

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The Internet is a powerful example of free speech and the free market in action; it is curious that the Net has alarmed the lawmakers… — Denise Caruso
I love a serious preacher, who speaks for my sake and not for his own; who seeks my salvation, and not his own vain glory.… — Jean Baptiste Massillon
Any government which fears freedom of speech and expression, should fear the internet more. — Robert Black
You lose a bit of control every time you insert hesitation into your speech. — Ken Weber
The eye speaks with an eloquence and truthfulness surpassing speech. It is the window out of which the winged thoughts often fly unwittingly. It is… — Henry Theodore Tuckerman
As the most participatory form of mass speech yet developed, the Internet deserves the highest protection from government intrusion. — Stewart Dalzell
In our democratic society, the library stands for hope, for learning, for progress, for literacy, for self-improvement and for civic engagement. The library is a… — Vartan Gregorian
As I've been acting since I was young it's taught me to give a good speech, and, though I say so myself, I did it… — Jonathan Krohn
Many great writers have been extraordinarily awkward in daily exchange, but the greatest give the impression that their style was nursed by the closest attention… — Thornton Wilder
I've been turning it over in after-dinner speeches, but it looks awkward-it's not what people are used to-it wants a good deal of Latin to… — George Eliot
The best society, the best human existence, arrives when humans most closely determine the truth, and act on the truth, and separate it from superstition,… — Dave Rodgers
Revolutionary politics, revolutionary art, and oh, the revolutionary mind, is the dullest thing on earth. When we open a revolutionary review, or read a revolutionary… — Wyndham Lewis
We're taught as young kids Acknowledge your mistakes, admit your lies, ... It's cathartic. That's what I think the speech did. He didn't just try… — Mark Foley
The school asks a person who has achieved a certain level of career success to give you a speech telling you that career success is… — David Brooks
I try to write in plain brown blocks of American speech but occasionally set in an ancient word or a strange word just to startle… — James Laughlin
When music is presented which, however appropriate for other occasions, does not fit the Sabbath, much is lost. . . . The Spirit does not… — Boyd K. Packer
My father and he had one of those English friendships which begins by avoiding the intimacies and eventually eliminates speech altogether. — Jorge Luis Borges
The hearing aids are very helpful for speech reading. Without the hearing aids, my voice becomes very loud, and I cannot control the quality of… — Marlee Matlin
Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech. — Charles Bradlaugh
To have a specific style is to be poor in speech. — Herbert Spencer

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