Causes Quote by John Paul Stevens

“I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh…

— William Lloyd Garrison

I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity?

— William Lloyd Garrison

I speak as briefly as possible because too much harm has already been done with irresponsible words of bitterness and selfish political opportunism. I…

— Margaret Chase Smith

Some people find clarity threatening. They like muddle, confusion, obscurity. So when somebody does no more than speak clearly it sounds threatening.

— Richard Dawkins

When every word is parsed for ill intention, regardless of who is speaking or why, we become so afraid we'll offend that we stop…

— Marti Noxon

Speech that leads not to action, still more that hinders it, is a nuisance on the earth.

— Thomas Carlyle

Do not speak harshly to any one; those who are spoken to will answer thee in the same way. Angry speech is painful: blows…

— Gautama Buddha

I find myself frequently placed where I dare give neither assent nor dissent to propositions that are submitted to me; for there is danger…

— Ellen G. White

I am not imposed upon by fine words; I can see what actions mean.

— George Eliot

I hope people will see how harmful words are and how irresponsible we can be when saying the wrong things at the wrong time…

— John David Washington

What is the quality of your intent? Certain people have a way of saying things that shake us at the core. Even when the…

— Thurgood Marshall

To speak and act truth with constancy and precision is nearly as difficult, and perhaps as meretorious, as to speak it under intimidation or…

— John Ruskin