Circumspection Quote by John Adams

“For in appearing to use only its rights, the Prince can very easily expand them and, on the pretext of public calm, prevent assemblies…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Yep.” Eloquence ’R’ Us. When in trouble, keep it monosyllabic—safer that way.

— Ilona Andrews

Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.

— Francis Bacon

“We've authority to record and authority to use, publicise if it is done publicly or in public places.”

— Dipti Dhakul

“Nothing is more dangerous to maidenly delicacy of speech than the run of a good library.”

— Robertson Davies

“At the top of the Queen’s Staircase at the Tuileries, there is a series of communicating chambers, crowded every day with clerks, secretaries, messengers,…

— Hilary Mantel

“Among the many objects to which a wise and free people find it necessary to direct their attention, that of providing for their safety…

— John Jay

“CAMILLE DESMOULINS: For the establishment of liberty and the safety of the nation, one day of anarchy will do more than ten years of…

— Hilary Mantel

“To admit authorities, however heavily furred and gowned, into our libraries and let them tell us how to read, what to read, what value…

— Virginia Woolf

“I would like to point out that while I have considerately remained composed during our discourse, I do have streneous objections to you taking…

— Abigail Reynolds

“The nobility above all could not understand how it could possibly regenerate itself in assemblies where no provision had been made for a supply…

— Emmanuel Sieyés

“There is no virtue in concealment. When the earth is rendered chaos, regulations of speech and propriety are rendered impotent, just as city may…

— M.T. Anderson