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The public is wiser than the wisest critic.

George Bancroft (1855). “Literary and historical miscellanies”, p.417

I will always speak out when someone says that a principle or a rule or a tradition trumps people.

"Bishop Gene Robinson Extended Interview". Interview with Kim Lawton, www.pbs.org. April 22, 2008.

What makes me vulnerable is speaking up about topics that may be controversial to others.

"May Cause Miracles | Author Gabrielle Bernstein Interview: Rachel P. Goldstein". www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

Foolish is my happiness, and foolish things will it speak: it is still too young—so have patience with it!

Friedrich Nietzsche (2016). “Thus Spoke Zarathustra”, p.87, Jester House Publishing

Translation is not appropriation, as is sometimes claimed; it is a form of listening that then changes how you speak.

Eliot Weinberger (2000). “Anonymous Sources: A Talk on Translators and Translation : Lecture”

We must know what we think and speak out, even at the risk of unpopularity.

"Tomorrow Is Now" by Eleanor Roosevelt, (pp. 119-120), 1963.

It make one's mouth hurt to speak with such forced merriment.

David Sedaris (1998). “The Santaland Diaries ; And, Season's Greetings”, p.15, Dramatists Play Service Inc

I'm Canadian, but no, I don't speak French.

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

A gentleman wishes to be slow to speak and quick to act.

Confucius (1909). “The Sayings of Confucius”

Wherever I go, I will speak of you with love.

Clive Barker (1992). “The thief of always: a fable”, Harpercollins