Quotes of: Speech Keyword

Fifteen years ago, I suffered a stroke, which caused me to lose my speech. Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back? I work with a speech therapist twice a week.

Kirk Douglas

I think, with never-ending gratitude, that the young women of today do not and can never know at what price their right to free speech and to speak at all in public has been earned.

Lucy Stone

To quarrel with a man of good speech is better than to converse with a man who does not speak well.

Sanskrit

Nobody is capable of of free speech unless he knows how to use language, and such knowledge is not a gift: it has to learned and worked at. [p.93]

The Educated Imagination

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods." [Preface to (1794)]

On Empire, Liberty, and Reform: Speeches and Letters

4.38 TONE OF SPEECH Most of the problems of life that be, Are caused by the tone of speech only, It is never what is said in reality, But how it’s said that causes harm truly. [221] – 4

Eddies of Life

Democracy was supposed to champion freedom of speech, and yet the simple rules of table decorum could clamp down on the rights their forefathers had fought and died for.

Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

Even speech was for them was a debased form of silence; how much more futile is poetry which is a debased form of speech.

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.

I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World

The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma.

Speeches and Writings, 1832-1858

The novel is the privileged vehicle of two ways of being: narrative and freedom: to be new (novel) in a speech open to all, and to be free in a speech that never concludes.

Myself with Others: Selected Essays

Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.

Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements

Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.

Lucy Parsons: Freedom, Equality & Solidarity - Writings & Speeches, 1878-1937

Don’t be surprised if I try to stab you with a club sandwich sword. I will defend your right to free speech at any cost—including killing you.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

The fact that we're protected under that Constitution in exercising the right of free speech, it's a wonderful thing. You've got to come from somewhere else to realize how valuable it is.

Pat Oliphant

The First Amendment defends all forms of speech including hate speech, which is why groups like Ku Klux Klan are allowed to utter their poisonous remarks.

Salman Rushdie

You know what it’s like—you see someone on the train screaming awful, racist things and think, ‘How can I protect this person’s right to free speech?

Tony Abbott

Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast numbers of people who do not themselves exercise these rights.

Thomas Sowell

Nor was it only from the millions of slaves that chains had been removed; the whole nation had been in bondage; free speech had been suppressed.

Matthew Simpson

In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society. In America, the professor talks to the mechanic. They are in the same category.

Noam Chomsky

I think that, as Americans, we should never forget that when we tamper with freedom of speech, it is a very sensitive issue that affects all of our constitutional rights and privileges.

Charles B. Rangel