Speech Quotes

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During the last dozen years the tales of suppression of free assemblage, free press, and free speech, by local authorities or the State operating under… — Edward Alsworth Ross
It is not set speeches at the moment of battle that render soldiers brave. — Napoleon Bonaparte
The area between the nose and the chin, the subject of kissing and the vehicle for speech, is perhaps even more known and set upon… — Robert Genn
The six great gifts of an Irish girl are beauty, soft voice, sweet speech, wisdom, needlework, and chastity. — Theodore Roosevelt
Truth is not so threadbare as speech, because fewer people can make use of it. — Luc de Clapiers
It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient judgment to keep silent. — Jean de la Bruyere
Let no one ever think for a moment that national debate means national division. — Lyndon B. Johnson
Profound ignorance makes a man dogmatic. The man who knows nothing thinks he is teaching others what he has just learned himself; the man who… — Jean de la Bruyere
Music... a kind of inarticulate, unfathomable speech, which leads to the edge of the Infinite. — Thomas Carlyle
I vote Democrat because Freedom of Speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it. — David Letterman
Speeches pass away, but acts remain. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Sarah Palin was delivering a speech and she said 'refudiate.' It's not a word â€“ you have refute and repudiate, and she combined them. A… — David Letterman
If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven. — Will Rogers
Free speech exercised both individually and through a free press, is a necessity in any country where people are themselves free. — Theodore Roosevelt
Direct and easy communications â€” freedom of speech in all forms and in its broadest sense â€” has become vital to the very survival of… — Walt Disney
Coolidge made less speeches and got more votes than any man that ever run. (William Jennings) Bryan was listened to and cheered by more people… — Will Rogers
When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to decide is what to say. — Gerald R. Ford
Without a doubt, one of the things which keeps us from attaining perfection is our tongue. When one has reached the point of no longer… — Saint Francis de Sales
He will find one English book and one only, where, as in the "Iliad" itself, perfect plainness of speech is allied with perfect nobleness; and… — Matthew Arnold
I reckon silence more profitable than speech, for? in the words of the Preacher, 'The words of wise men are heard in quiet' (Eccles. 9:17). — Saint Basil

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