Top 1200 Marriage Speech Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

My parents did not have a perfect marriage. It was pretty good, but it was not perfect. My marriage is not perfect. My wife is, but I happen to be imperfect. However, that does not discount the fact that the definition of marriage must be defended and protected.

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.

Where there is a great deal of free speech there is always a certain amount of foolish speech.

Free speech should never mean hate speech.

We’ve been fighting about gay marriage for what, 15-20 years now. Is there any evidence that fighting gay marriage is contributing to a greater appreciation among the broad society of the marital institution? Is there any evidence that the re-institutionalization of marriage is happening as a result of opposing gay marriage? And the best answer I can give to that is 'no.'

I look at marriage and I think marriage is phenomenal. I think it's great. I don't hold anything against marriage.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Pleasant speech yields joy to all, and observing this, is there any need for unpleasant speech?

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

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

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.

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

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

The best answer to bad speech is good speech

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

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

Marriage is almost as old as dirt, and it was defined in the garden between Adam and Eve. One man, one woman for life till death do you part. So I would never attempt to try to redefine marriage. And I don't think anyone else should either. So do I support the idea of gay marriage? No, I don't.

'Free speech' isn't speech at all if it's being used without listening, attention, or care.

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

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

To me, freedom of speech and debate are necessary inputs in solving any of our nation's problems, from homelessness and economic inequality to banking, the environment, and national security. Freedom of speech is what Larry Lessig would call a 'root' issue; working on free speech is striking at a root issue.

Hate speech and freedom of speech are two different things.

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

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

The marriage-based society...discourages all the competing alternatives to marriage. You can't have a marriage-based society and a social value of sexual freedom. They don't work together

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

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.

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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.

Marriage is an ongoing, centuries-long social experiment that is mostly controlled by the individuals in the relationships who insist on determining what the relationship terms are going to be. And that's why the terms of marriage change with every century and decade. We're shaping it from the inside. Marriage endures because it evolves. Obviously it does. None of us would accept marriage on its 13th century terms, not even the most conservative people...

In marriage for example, you say 'Yes' on the day you get married, 'I do', but each day you implicitly if not explicitly, also say 'Yes', by every act that one performs in a marriage, one is saying 'Yes', making a cup of coffee for one's wife or husband is a form of saying 'Yes' to the marriage vow that one is continuing the marriage by affirming it in one's deeds. And exactly the same in the religious life.

I am not against marriage - without marriage, ninety-nine percent jokes will disappear from the world. How I can be against marriage? I am all for it.

A man imagines a happy marriage as a marriage of love; even if he makes fun of marriages that are without love, or feels sorry for lovers who are without marriage.

Antonin Scalia knows that freedom of speech has consequences. And the consequences of freedom of speech are speech you don't like, that you don't want to hear, that you don't want to listen to.

Supporting the definition of marriage as one man and one woman is not anti-gay: it is pro-traditional marriage. And if support for traditional marriage is bigotry, then Barack Obama was a bigot until just before the 2012 election.

Private religious speech can't be discriminated against. It has to be treated equally with secular speech.

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

The remedy for the abuse of free speech is more 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.

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

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.

There are powerful emotions that bring two people together in wonderful harmony in a marriage. Satan knows this, and would tempt you to try these emotions outside of marriage. Do not stir emotions meant to be used only in marriage.

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

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

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

I don't believe that same-sex marriages would weaken heterosexual marriage. Marriage is not a scarce resource. I thought that conservatives worried about too few people choosing marriage, not too many.

He gave man speech, and speech created thought, Which is the measure of the universe.

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

Passion, sexual passion, may lead to marriage, but cannot sustain marriage. The purpose of marriage is the raising of children, for which patience, not passion, is the necessary foundation.

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.