Top 1200 Great Speech Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

Language is neither reactionary nor progressive; it is quite simply fascist; for fascism does not prevent speech, it compels speech.

Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.

Freedom of speech is a great thing and we have said nothing that is not allowed.

The solution to voters potentially being misled by a judicial candidate's political speech is more speech - not government censorship.

Free speech should never mean hate speech.

We have ways to protect the public when free speech crosses over in hate speech.

The best answer to bad speech is good speech

In liberal society we claim that freedom of speech is sacred and therefore has an absolute character. But we know (or should know) that "free speech" inhabits a structured space: not only is "hate speech" legally forbidden in liberal societies, but there are also laws protecting the circulation of copyrighted material, and the reproduction of trademarks and patents without explicit permission.

The sheer act of listening speaks volumes that even a great speech can't communicate.

America is a great place, speech is free and you're able to expose the fact that you're an idiot.

While even pornography is protected as free speech, the courts have consciously undermined religious speech and freedom of religion for years.

Greek is the embodiment of the fluent speech that runs or soars, the speech of a people which could not help giving winged feet toits god of art. Latin is the embodiment of the weighty and concentrated speech which is hammered and pressed and polished into the shape of its perfection, as the ethically minded Romans believed that the soul also should be wrought.

It is poverty's speech that seeks us out the most. It is older than the oldest speech of Rome. This is the tragic accent of the scene.

College campuses have become fascist colonies of anti-American hate speech, hypersensitivity, speech codes, banded words and prohibited scientific inquiry.

One of the great rights as an American citizen is freedom of speech, one of the things that makes this country what it is.

The most effective way to combat speech you don’t like is with speech.

I have struggled all my life with my stuttering. Not to mention all my other speech impediments. I think I have every language disorder known to speech pathologists.

You can't be selective about freedom of speech. If you say you believe in freedom of speech you have to acknowledge the people whose views you disagree with, people whose views you may detest, nevertheless have the right to freedom of speech.

The relevant part of the First Amendment here prohibits the making of any law, quote, "abridging the freedom of speech." And it's pretty well-established that speech comes in many forms.

I'm defending free speech pretty much all over the place because you still have freedom of speech.

It is not so much freedom of speech but the right to truth that great men protect.

A speech is poetry: cadence, rhythm, imagery, sweep! A speech reminds us that words, like children, have the power to make dance the dullest beanbag of a heart.

A law imposing criminal penalties on protected speech is a stark example of speech suppression.

The court has said you are entitled to robust speech on public sidewalks, even insulting speech.

True and False are attributes of speech, not of things. And where speech is not, there is neither Truth nor Falsehood.

I indeed had only one scene, one speech, one little speech, but it was with Robin Williams.

Active liberty is particularly at risk when law restricts speech directly related to the shaping of public opinion, for example, speech that takes place in areas related to politics and policy-making by elected officials. That special risk justifies especially strong pro-speech judicial presumptions. It also justifies careful review whenever the speech in question seeks to shape public opinion, particularly if that opinion in turn will affect the political process and the kind of society in which we live.

Advertising is speech. It's regulated because it's often effective speech.

Dr. King gave the "I have a dream" speech, not the "I have a plan" speech.

Refraining from false speech: speech from the heart. Undertake for one week not to gossip (positively or negatively) or speak about anyone you know who is not present with you (any third party).

Free speech is meaningless unless it tolerates the speech that we hate.

The solution when you don't like someone's speech is not to silence that person, or that corporation. It's more and louder speech of your own.

Liberals love to screech about 'free speech,' but it's pretty clear to most of us that they don't really tolerate any speech but theirs.

Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty.

Products are a form of speech, and free speech must be fiercely protected, even if we disagree with some of the voices.

Remember that free speech is about the government can't infringe on your free-speech right. It says nothing about an employer - and what they can do to your free speech right. You've got the right to say it. But if you're working for somebody, they have the right to do whatever they want as well.

Political speech is indispensable to decision-making in a democracy, and this is no less true because the speech comes from a corporation rather than an individual.

Speak only the speech that neither torments self nor does harm to others. That speech is truly well spoken.

I love the kookiness of our speech. Speech is like wonderful magic and poetry in itself. I've always had to crib a lot from what I've heard.

I think free speech is probably the coolest thing we have in this country, and again, you can label it hate speech and dismiss it, and then you're allowed to censor it.

I wrote this speech thinking this was going to be it. It's not it. You guys went and screwed up my whole speech. We've got to come back here on Tuesday and drink some more beer.

I find Shakespeare terrifying. When Simon Russell Beale does a speech, I understand every word of it, but if I did the same speech, people would be going, 'Huh? What?'

Dialogue, contrary to popular view, is not a recording of actual speech; it is a semblance of speech, an invented language of exchanges that build in tempo or content toward climaxes.

The right to free speech is more important than the content of the speech.

If someone offends you by speech, you must learn to defend yourself by speech.

Together, we must all remember that one of the most effective responses to hate speech is more speech.

I generally feel that the solution to speech that people find offensive is more speech. You should talk about it, discuss it.

Make no laws whatever concerning speech, and speech will be free; so soon as you make a declaration on paper that speech shall be free, you will have a hundred lawyers proving that "freedom does not mean abuse, nor liberty license," and they will define freedom out of existence.

The form of a work of art, which gives speech to their thoughts and is, therefore, their mode of talking, is always somewhat uncertain, like all kinds of speech.

Flag-burning is plain wrong, and I'll stand up for free speech - even speech I don't like.

Hate speech can't be a part of free speech.

Half the sorrows of women would be averted if they could repress the speech they know to be useless-nay, the speech they have resolved not to utter.

The remedy for the abuse of free speech is more speech.

Music has been called the speech of the angels; I will go farther and call it the speech of God Himself.

The color of the mountains is Buddha's body; the sound of running water is his great speech.

Just at the age 'twixt boy and youth, When thought is speech, and speech is truth.

What great delight it is to see the ones we love and then to have speech with them.

The Founding Fathers' instructions were clear: The right to free speech includes bad speech; it means tolerance of ideas that many find obnoxious.

Hate speech and freedom of speech are two different things.

The fundamentals that founded our great nation included the freedom of speech and religion.