Speech Quotes

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For Mitt Romney, the complex question of anti-Mormon bias boils down to the practical matter of how he can make it go away. Facing a… — Noah Feldman
If anything, Brown is more oriented towards the other side of the Atlantic than Blair. Most of his reforming ideas and intellectual influences seem to… — Martin Jacques
Death threatens our speech with futility because death is not just a biological event - it is a reality we fear may rob our living… — Stanley Hauerwas
It seems obvious that if a species has the brainpower for speech, along with the sort of appendages that can manipulate a pair of pliers,… — Seth Shostak
Free speech has been used by the Supreme Court to give immense power to the wealthiest members of our society. — Noam Chomsky
Freedom of speech and thought matters, especially when it is speech and thought with which we disagree. The moment the majority decides to destroy people… — Ben Shapiro
Breathing is fundamental to speech. A stammer is caused by erratic airflow, so if you have a smooth airflow, you have smooth speech. — Gareth Gates
Speech and having a stammer is obviously a big part of my life. — Gareth Gates
We need to understand that an open society and free speech and press... really are the best weapons against al Qaeda and extremism. — Elliott Abrams
The principle of academic freedom is designed to make sure that powers outside the university, including government and corporations, are not able to control the… — Judith Butler
When my father returned home on the twenty-first of August 1983, he had a speech prepared. Filipinos never got to hear it, because he was… — Benigno Aquino III
The United States government approaches patient choice in medication as Singapore does free speech: its pronouncements sound reasonable and tolerant until you threaten its prerogatives. — Virginia Postrel
I remember when I was young, there was an older boy who was physically and mentally disabled. He had a speech impediment and walked with… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
When controversial speech can be taken offline through pressures on private intermediaries without any kind of due process, that is something we need to be… — Rebecca MacKinnon
Obama will win the 2012 election, thanks in part to the tech community rallying behind him due to issues like SOPA, visas, and free speech. — John Battelle
In his tub-thumping speech at the 2008 Republican National Convention, Romney sounded like the hedge-fund tycoon he is. — Stephen Kinzer
America gave me the opportunity to open successful restaurants, start a TV show, and write books. I can even fill an auditorium when I give… — Jose Andres Puerta
I think the first little jolt I got was reading Gerard Manley Hopkins - I liked other poems... but Hopkins was kind of electric for… — Seamus Heaney
Free speech and freedom of the press are under attack in the U.K. I cannot return to England, my country, because of my journalistic work… — Sarah Harrison
After graduating college in 2001 with a B. A. in Political Science and Speech Communications from Texas State University - San Marcos, I realized that… — Kesha Rogers

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