Quotes of: Political-speech Keyword

It is without doubt that freedoms of the press and speech need to be protected, but there are undisputed limits to these freedoms, limits that often come into play when national security is threatened.

Charles B. Rangel

Let eloquence be flung to the dogs rather than souls be lost. What we want is to win souls. They are not won by flowery speeches.

Charles H. Spurgeon

I've probably given more speeches, been on TV more than any other member of the Court - or almost any other member of the Court.

Clarence Thomas

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.

Henry David Thoreau

Speech and silence. We feel safer with a madman who talks than with one who cannot open his mouth.

Emile M. Cioran

A sudden silence in the middle of a conversation suddenly brings us back to essentials: it reveals how dearly we must pay for the invention of speech.

Emile M. Cioran

I write in a slangy colloquial speech that has not been common in the Israeli tradition of writing, and that is one of the things that gets lost a little in translation.

Etgar Keret

I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

When I was a kid - and I don't know why, it's the most random thing - I wanted to be a speech therapist for little kids. I knew I wanted to do something with kids.

Haylie Duff

Anarchists prepare for social revolution and use every means- speech, writing, or deed, whichever is more to the point - to accelerate revolutionary development.

Johann Most

Every couple of seconds out here they're honoring somebody. You've got to get dressed, go in and sit down. Invariably somebody makes a speech.

Dom DeLuise

It's hard to believe President George Bush gave a speech in New Orleans about disaster recovery and failed to mention the word 'farm' or the word 'rural.'

Jim Hightower

I think it's appropriate in America for anyone to speak out and say what their reaction is to the president's State of the Union speech.

Jim Jordan

A man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself - like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks.

Jean Kerr

Humans have changed little over time. We think we've invented the modern world but they were making better speeches 2,000 years ago and grappling with issues of empire and terrorism.

Robert Harris

I'm just wondering, folks, if I gave a speech on anti-capitalism, do you think I could be named Person of the Year by 'TIME Magazine?'

Rush Limbaugh

Dr. Blandine Bentham: Cigarette smoking calms the nerves and, uh, gives you confidence.

The King's Speech

King Edward VIII: Haven't I any rights? King George VI: Many privileges. King Edward VIII: Not the same thing.

The King's Speech

[after the battle and Boromir's speech] Boromir: [to Faramir] Remember today, little brother.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Lt. Col. Frank Slade: Tickets. Money. Speech. Old Washington joke... from my days with Lyndon.

Scent of a Woman

Stephen Hawking: [speaking for the first time on his speech-generating device] My name is Stephen Hawking.

The Theory of Everything