Speech Quotes

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Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time. — Thomas Carlyle
There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you… — Dale Carnegie
Here's a nation, one of the founding pillars was freedom of speech and freedom of expression. And yet, we have imposed upon people restrictions on… — Benjamin Carson
What we need to do in this PC world is forget about unanimity of speech and unanimity of thought and we need to concentrate on… — Benjamin Carson
Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech. — Benjamin Carson
I don't want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He's a much better speech maker than I am. But I think always… — Jimmy Carter
Private religious speech can't be discriminated against. It has to be treated equally with secular speech. — Samuel Alito
Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine… — Chanakya
'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a… — Noam Chomsky
There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl… — Winston Churchill
Nothing goes further toward a man's liberation than the act of surviving his need for character. — John Ciardi
A sudden silence in the middle of a conversation suddenly brings us back to essentials: it reveals how dearly we must pay for the invention… — Emile M. Cioran
Speech and silence. We feel safer with a madman who talks than with one who cannot open his mouth. — Emile M. Cioran
You can't just give a speech and expect people to fall down and agree with you. — Hillary Clinton
I speak onstage to try to establish some method of communication. The songs are supposed to be a way of communicating. But speech and drinks… — Jarvis Cocker
When you give a speech you don't go through a laundry list, you talk about the things that you think are important. — Mitt Romney
One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the bodily symbol of identity. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Remember that when you say "I will have non of this exile and this stranger for his face is not like my face and his… — Stephen Vincent Benet

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