Top 1200 Speech Quotes & Sayings - Page 17
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Last updated on April 20, 2025.
I was interested in the ideas - freedom, free speech and having control of my own life. That's why I became a Tory.
There is no free speech in football. Information is parsed by monosyllabic head coaches, who dictate who gets to speak to whom and when.
Baseball is to our everyday experience what poetry often is to common speech — a slightly elevated and concentrated form.
Of lovers whose bodies smell of each other Who think the same thoughts without need of speech
Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own understanding.
No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more that she can be witty by only the help of speech.
As all Members of Parliament know, the ease and flow of making a speech outside the House is not at all the same as that required in the Chamber.
Occasionally, the book tells stories that would likely grate on senior management – but that is what free speech is all about.
We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.
We do have freedom of speech, but if you say the wrong word, it looks like it makes headlines. So everybody has to be very careful.
It is within the established American tradition of satire, if America surrenders on this point, the freedom of speech is a relic of history.
No speech is ever considered, but only the speaker. It's so much easier to pass judgement on a man than on an idea.
Speech is one of the marvels that characterize man, and also one of the most difficult spontaneous creations that have been accomplished by nature.
I like to be beholden to the great metropolitan English speech, the sea which receives tributaries from every region under heaven.
Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are many fine things which we cannot say if we have to shout.
I'm really proud of this Supreme Court and the way they've been dealing with the issue of First Amendment political speech.
By sincerity, a man gains physical, mental and linguistic straightforwardness, and harmonious tendency; that is, congruence of speech and action.
Whatever doubt there may be as to the quality or purpose of our free speech we certainly have ample volumes in production.
It's impossible to utilize your right to free speech in the way you truly deserve and not suffer repercussions on any level.
But in love each moment is magnified, and every gesture, word and syllable is examined like a speech by the President.
Rarely has a people paid the lavish compliment and taken the subtle revenge of turning its oppressor's speech into sorcery.
how can a democratic discourse exist in a corporate owned informational system? Who, for example, possesses freedom of speech in such a society?
Song is the licensed medium for bawling in public things too silly or sacred to be uttered in ordinary speech.
Is there a free speech crisis on college campuses? One can certainly make that argument, but that portrayal is at least as misleading as it is informative.
Getting a lot of applause, announcing military reforms and upgrades. It's a really good speech [of Donald Trump].
Give me an opportunity to fail," Saiman said. "I promise my corpse won't interrupt your 'I told you so' speech.
The people of Iran have had to endure repressive laws that have stifled their freedom of speech and religion for too long.
This decision is an illustration that freedom of speech still protects average people sitting on a street corner singing.
Mum would have a panic attack if she had to stand up and give a speech around a table.
After September 11th, freedom of speech in America has become a topic that's touchier than a Vatican summer camp.
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
Twas a special gift of God that speech was given to mankind; for through the Word, and not by force, wisdom governs.
We have never protected illegal speech, as it seems that we have been accused of by some less than credible journalists.
I'm still working on my speech, but I do a lot of voice-acting work. My agent is the best. I make a good living.
It was pleasant to talk shop again; to use that elliptical, allusive speech that one uses only with another of one's trade.
I am more proud of Hillary Clinton's alt-right speech than any other moment on the campaign .
The fool thinks he has won a battle when he bullies with harsh speech, but knowing how to be forbearing alone makes one victorious.
Thought and speech are inseparable from each other. Matter and expression are parts of one; style is a thinking out into language.
In a perfect world, I would never give another speech, address, talk, lecture or whatever as long as I live.
I think almost every political leader is always told that the next speech they make is the most crucial one.
Indulgence in frivolous speech not only reveals one's lack of moral character, but it deprives him of good qualities also.
It's daunting trying to do any service as an American to such a beautiful, fluid speech pattern that you [British] all have. We are just barbarians in comparison.
What you hear is southern Michigan, not a drawl, but a halting kind of speech where you leave spaces when there shouldn't be any. We take a breath anywhere.
If anything, there is something quite musical in Shakespeare's heightened use of language and the way he shapes his speech.
Hate speech, racism, and bigotry are intolerable realities that we must all come together to take action against.
Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words.
Banning hate speech doesn't end racism or antisemitism. Social pressure does that. It becomes socially unacceptable.
I don't rely on the media. I usually average one speech a day for 25 years. People know me because I'm out there.
The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is besides the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech.
... I could have said something profound, but you would have forgotten it in 15 minutes - which is the afterlife of a graduation speech.
Barbara Jordan is one [of the political heroes]. Her 1976 speech in New York inspired me to get into politics.
Literature is as old as speech. It grew out of a human need for it, and it has not changed except to become more needed
Education for all up to 18, and lifelong learning beyond. That is a vision true to Ruskin - the man, the college, and the speech.
We don't have the freedom of speech to talk about the weather. We have the first amendment so we can say some very controversial things.
Without the compassionate understanding of the fear and trepidation that lie behind courageous speech, we are bound only to our arrogance.
When I go into schools to speak, I am not giving a speech - it's really a one-man show. I call it 'didactic standup.'
People get up and say, 'I didn't prepare a speech because I didn't think I would win.' Well, that's dumb.
One thing I've always loved and rated me dad for is that, because of him, I've never seen the Queen's Christmas speech.
Man must saturate his daily life in truthful speech, virtuous acts and holy thoughts.
I will gladly go to jail in the name of free speech. I have no problem with what I said. Make me a martyr.
