Speech Quotes

Speech Quote of the day

There is freedom of speech, but I cannot guarantee freedom after speech

We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action.

The child begins to perceive the world not only through his [or her] eyes but also through his [or her] speech

Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.

We should ask ourselves three questions before we speak: Is it true? Is it kind? Does it glorify Christ?

Loud speech, profusion of words, and possessing skillfulness in expounding scriptures are merely for the enjoyment of the learned. They do not lead to liberation.

A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

A good speech should be like a woman's skirt: long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest

Speech remains as a slave to you, but the moment it leaves your mouth, you become its slave.

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

When speech comes from a quiet heart, it has the strength of the orchid, and the fragrance of rock.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the government over speech and press.

Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.

I believe America went wrong in terms of respecting the First Amendment, the state of free speech on American college campuses and on the media and in academia.

Reality is beyond speech and thought. Only that which can be expressed in words is being said. But what cannot be put into language is indeed That which IS.

Americans' right to free speech should not be proportionate to their bank accounts.

Rid your body of its impurities, let your speech be true and sweet, feel friendship for the world, and with humility seek wealth and knowledge.

What yells out at the US public . . . is the incandescent hypocrisy of so many people who, in the name of free speech, persecute its practitioners if their opinions are conservative.

In a dictatorship there is no choice, the elections are controlled, the police are the military, fear equals control, speech is suppressed, the economy is looted, the people are slaves.

Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen.

Lord Chancellor, did I deliver the speech well? I am glad of that, for there was nothing in it.

Speech is a powerful master and achieves the most divine feats with the smallest and least evident body. It can stop fear, relieve pain, create joy, and increase pity

One living daily in the Way carries their head low and their eyes high; reserved in speech and possessing a kind heart, they steadfastly continue in their training efforts.

The man of impure speech is a person whose lips are but an opening and a supply pipe which hell uses to vomit its impurities upon the earth.

Just as typography is human speech translated into what can be read, so photography is the translation of reality into a readable image.

Free speech is my right to say what you don't want to hear.

Do not use the sharpness of your speech on your mother who taught you how to speak.

Freedom of speech is a two way street, man. You have the right to say whatever you want and the Boss has a right to tell the police to arrest you.

Freedom of speech doesn't protect speech you like; it protects speech you don't like.

The right to free speech is more important than the content of the speech.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

We speak not only to tell other people what we think, but to tell ourselves what we think. Speech is a part of thought.

Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.

If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence.

I have never regretted my silence. As for my speech, I have regretted it over and over again.

EVERY intention which does not assert itself by deeds is a vain intention, and the speech which expresses it is idle speech. It is action which proves life and establishes will

It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.

Among a man's many good possessions, A good command of speech has no equal. Prosperity and ruin issue from the power of the tongue. Therefore, guard yourself against thoughtless speech.

Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong.

Your voice is a very powerful weapon. When you are in tune with the cosmic breath of heaven and earth, your voice produces true sounds. Unify body, mind, and speech, and real techniques will emerge.

When people are proud of their speech, be proud of your silence.

One feels 'the dearth of human words, the roughness of mortal speech' in trying to describe things intangible.

Freedom includes the right to say what others may object to and resent... The essence of citizenship is to be tolerant of strong and provocative words.

All I care about is free speech and free expression; I want people to be able to be, do, and say anything.

The delicate thought, that cannot find expression, For ruder speech too fair, That, like thy petals, trembles in possession, And scatters on the air.

We should be sensitive to the thread of silence from which the tissue of speech is woven.

It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own.

Speech is our second possession, after the soul-and perhaps we have no other possession in this world.