(1274 quotes found)
“There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press”
Mark Twain
“Without general elections, without freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, without the free battle of opinions, life in every public institution withers away, becomes a caricature of itself, and bureaucracy rises as the only dec”
Rosa Luxemburg
“Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.”
Norman Vincent Peale
“The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.”
Buddha
“I hate it when people say somebody has a "speech impediment", even if he does, because it could hurt his feelings. So instead, I call it a "speech improvement", and I go up to the guy and say, "Hey, Bob, I like your speech improvement." I think this makes him feel better.”
Jack Handy
“There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus and upset the convictions and debauch the emotions of an audience not practiced in the tricks and delusions of oratory”
“It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear.”
Henry David Thoreau
“Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.”
Gore Vidal
“All noise is waste. So cultivate quietness in your speech, in your thoughts, in your emotions. Speak habitually low. Wait for attention and then you low words will be charged with dynamite.”
Elbert Hubbard
“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”
Soren Kierkegaard
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