Art Quote by Hilaire Belloc

There is no such thing as a nonpolitical speech by a politician.

— Richard M. Nixon

Sometimes speech is no more than a device for saying nothing - and a neater one than silence.

— Simone de Beauvoir

The silence caused by politicizing speech is deafening.

— Pete Hoekstra

You can't say 'I don't do politics,' because silence is a political statement.

— Tariq Ramadan

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

— Will Durant

It's better to say nothing than spend 1,000 words or an hour speech saying nothing. Get to the point.

— Richard Branson

It is a difficult task, O citizens, to make speeches to the belly, which has no ears.

— Plutarch

The reduction of political discourse to sound bites is one of the worst things that's happened in American political life.

— John Silber

I understand what a normal political speech is. You get up there, tell a few jokes, you have the flags behind you, and you…

— Bernie Sanders

There is no reason for the government to limit political speech.

— Penn Jillette

A politician's speech can't do what a movie or a cultural event like a song or piece of music can.

— Angus Macfadyen

Political speeches are like steer horns. A point here, a point there, and a lot of bull in between.

— Alfred E Neuman