“Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words or in good order.”
Francis Bacon Sr.
“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”
Benjamin Franklin
“We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them out of discretion, and so disappears the most beautiful, the most immediate breath of life, irrecoverable for ourselves and for others.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Discretion in speech is more important than eloquence”
English Proverb
“By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a threat of censorship that by its very existence chills free speech.”
Harry A. Blackmun
“Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.”
Francis Bacon
“We're trying to use discretion as much as we can ? recognizing people's right to free speech.”
Capt. Dwayne Ready
