(1274 quotes found)
“Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts”
Voltaire
“People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they seldom use”
Soren Kierkegaard
“For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, action nor utterance, nor the power of speech, to stir men's blood. I only speak right on. I tell you that which you yourselves do know.”
William Shakespeare
“Silence is also speech”
Proverb
“The most precious things in speech are pauses”
Ralph Richardson
“Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.”
“Some people's idea of [free speech] is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone says anything back, that is an outrage.”
Winston Churchill
“Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and the of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.”
Chanakya
“We must have reasons for speech but we need none for silence”
“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”
George Washington
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