Speech Quotes

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There is hardly a congressman prepared to go home until he has at least one speech printed and sent to his constituents, and he won't… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Those who created this country chose freedom. With all of its dangers. And do you know the riskiest part of that choice they made? They… — Nat Hentoff
It is the censor's business to make a judgment about the propriety of the content or message of the proposed expressive activity. The regulation here… — Richard Posner
The basis of the First Amendment is the hypothesis that speech can rebut speech, propaganda will answer propaganda, free debate of ideas will result in… — Fred M. Vinson
[The decision to travel to Washington and deliver the speech] has injected a degree of partisanship, which is not only unfortunate, I think it's destructive… — Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel is a country that respects freedom - freedom of assembly, freedom of speech and freedom of worship. — George Pataki
What view is one likely to take of the state of a person's mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint? — Seneca the Younger
You watch the Supreme Court in action on these cases, and they are a conflicted court. However, when it comes to speech issues generally, the… — Jay Sekulow
I love her attitude, but as much as I'd like to bring my medals to a speech or appearance, I never do. — Mary Lou Retton
The President's speech suggested to me that were we to follow his leadership, we will be in Iraq not for months, but for years. I… — Daniel Inouye
This is an effort to have government coerce, force speech and behavior. And it's being pushed and advocated by the gay community. This is their… — Michele Bachmann
If people are highly successful in their profession they lose their senses. Sight goes. They have no time to look at pictures. Sound goes. They… — Virginia Woolf
Speech is the image of actions — Hope Solo
Listen to God's speech in his wondrous, terrible, gentle, loving, all-embracing silence. — Catherine Doherty
One must search diligently to find laudatory comments on education (other than those pious platitudes which are fodder for commencement speeches). It appears that most… — Edward Gibbon
Whoever sides with the revolutionary people is a revolutionary. Whoever sides with imperialism, feudalism and bureaucrat-capitalism is a counter-revolutionary. Whomever sides with the revolutionary people… — Mao Zedong
Cultivate these, then, for they are wholly within your power: sincerity and dignity; industriousness; and sobriety. Avoid grumbling, be frugal, considerate, and frank; be temperate… — Marcus Aurelius
The so-called liberals of today have the very popular idea that freedom of speech, of thought, of the press, freedom of religion, freedom from imprisonment… — Ludwig von Mises
I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any person lies in action. — Pindar
First Witch He knows thy thought: Hear his speech, but say thou nought. — William Shakespeare

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