Assumption Quote by Richard M. Weaver

“Language is evidently one of the principle instruments or helps of thought; and any imperfection in the instrument, or in the mode of employing…

— John Stuart Mill

Beneath the surface of repartee and mock seriousness, [Plato's Phaedrus] is asking whether we ought to prefer a neuter form of speech to the…

— Richard M. Weaver

If one believes that words are acts, as I do, then one must hold writers responsible for what their words do.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

We are responsible for what we hear other people say and for how we act.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

If you say something you have to take responsibility for it.

— Jim Boeheim

I shall develop the thesis that anyone acting communicatively must, in performing any speech act, raise universal validity claims and suppose that they can…

— Jurgen Habermas

Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are many fine things which we cannot say if we…

— Henry David Thoreau

Language is an impure medium. Speech is public property and words are the soiled products, not of nature, but of society, which circulates and…

— Edward Hirsch

Speech is a powerful master and achieves the most divine feats with the smallest and least evident body. It can stop fear, relieve pain,…

— Gorgias

Speech is civilization itself.

— Thomas Mann

Among a man's many good possessions, A good command of speech has no equal. Prosperity and ruin issue from the power of the tongue.…

— Thiruvalluvar

Everyone may speak truly, but to speak logically, prudently, and adequately is a talent few possess.

— Michel De Montaigne