Speech Quotes

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I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches. — Colin Powell
Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow. — Lawrence Clark Powell
Like many of my friends and colleagues, I can't get enough of Obama news; latest polling, speeches, visits, reaction of world leaders. — Lucy Powell
I can no longer type, so I use TalkingPoint and Dragon Dictate. It's a speech-to-text program, and there's an add-on for talking which some guys… — Terry Pratchett
Hamas is a terrorist organization dedicated to annihilating the Jewish state. It runs a theocratic totalitarian state in Gaza, with no individual liberty, and no… — Dennis Prager
The President is going to benefit from me reporting directly to him when I arrive. — Dan Quayle
When you make as many speeches and you talk as much as I do and you get away from the text, it's always a possibility… — Dan Quayle
Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why it must be given rein instead of suppressed. — Anna Quindlen
If Thomas Jefferson had heard us, he probably would have said, 'We shouldn't have free speech.' — Robin Quivers
The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches. — Will Rogers
Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself. — Salman Rushdie
One of the problems with defending free speech is you often have to defend people that you find to be outrageous and unpleasant and disgusting. — Salman Rushdie
It seems that the right of freedom of speech that was enshrined in numerous constitutions is now under attack by religious institutions. — Salman Rushdie
It's obvious that I come down on the side of free speech for anybody's work. — Salman Rushdie
The First Amendment defends all forms of speech including hate speech, which is why groups like Ku Klux Klan are allowed to utter their poisonous… — Salman Rushdie
The President didn't offer any clarity in his latest speech about what he would do to tackle our nation's debt before it tackles us and… — Paul Ryan
I never had a speech from my father 'this is what you must do or shouldn't do' but I just learned to be led by… — Adam Sandler
I wasn't a kid growing up thinking, 'One day I'll get an Oscar and make a speech.' That wasn't on my mind. — Adam Sandler

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