Speech Quotes

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I am not a political person. My involvement in the Free Speech Movement is religious and moral... I don't know what made me get up… — Mario Savio
One day I heard a speech of Hitler. In this speech he said that the German factory worker and the German labourer must make common… — Fritz Sauckel
There is freedom of speech in Iran, but there's no freedom after you've spoken. — Shappi Khorsandi
Journalists justify their treachery in various ways according to their temperaments. The more pompous talk about freedom of speech and â€˜the publicâ€™s right to knowâ€™;… — Janet Malcolm
You call a star a star, and say it is just a ball of matter moving on a mathematical course. But that is merely how… — Humphrey Carpenter
Indeed, theological discourse offers its strange jubilation only to the strict extent that it permits and, dangerously, demands of it wokman that he speak beyond… — Jean-Luc Marion
It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that… — Floyd Abrams
Somewhere along the line we started misinterpreting the First Amendment and this idea of the freedom of speech the amendment grants us. We are free… — Roxane Gay
I know those little phrases that seem so innocuous, and, once you let them in, pollute the whole of speech. 'Nothing is more real than… — Samuel Beckett
The great thing about improvisation is that it allows us to establish an uncensored form of theater. Freedom of speech is absolutely inherent to artistic… — Lucien Bourjeily
It is a truth forever, that where the speech of man stops short there Music's reign begins. — Richard Wagner
Shields Green was not one to shrink from hardships or dangers. He was a man of few words, and his speech was singularly broken; but… — Frederick Douglass
The wonders of the Grand Canyon cannot be adequately represented in symbols of speech, nor by speech itself. The resources of the graphic art are… — John Wesley Powell
A man is entitled to say whatever he wants to say. It's America, freedom of speech. — Reggie Evans
Another air traffic controller fell asleep on the job, but he had a good excuse. He was watching President Obamaâ€™s deficit speech. — Jay Leno
Love myself I do. Not everything, but I love the good as well as the bad. I love my crazy lifestyle, and I love my… — Johnny Weir
However, they ignore the fact that the First Amendment is intended to protect only against government sanctions for exercising free speech rights, not private actions. — Ed Koch
O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and… — Moses
Since 1972, Ive been going around making speeches on the Everglades. No matter how poor my eyes are, I can still talk. Ill talk about… — Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Since 1972, I've been going around making speeches on the Everglades. — Marjory Stoneman Douglas

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