Speech Quotes - Page 13

The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think what we like and say what we think.

The time is always right to do right

The price of liberty is, in addition to eternal vigilance, eternal patience with the vacuous blather occasionally expressed from behind the shield of free speech.

Speak boldly and speak truly, shame the devil.

The justification and the purpose of freedom of speech is not to indulge those who want to speak their minds. It is to prevent error and discover truth. There may be other ways of detecting error and discovering truth than that of free discussion, but so far we have not found them.

There is no danger is letting people have their say. ... There is a danger when you try to stop them from saying it.

In Iran, there is no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no independent judiciary, no free elections. There is no freedom of religion - not even for Shiites, who are forced by Irans theocracy to adhere to one narrow set of official rules.

Our job isn't to defend freedom of speech, but without freedom of speech we are dead. We can't live in a country without freedom of speech. I prefer to die than live like a rat.

True silence is the speech of lovers.

I have often repented of speech but hardly ever of silence.

Learning to speak is like learning to shoot.

Listening to a speech by [Neville] Chamberlain is like paying a visit to Woolworth's, everything in its place and nothing above sixpence.

A knavish speech sleeps in a fool's ear.

Men use thought only to justify their wrong doings, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.

Understanding is nothing else than conception caused by speech.

Freedom of speech is useless without freedom of thought.

A rousing tale of techno-geek rebellion, as necessary and dangerous as file sharing, free speech, and bottled water on a plane.

Freedom of speech encompasses precisely the freedom to annoy, to ridicule, and to offend.

I do not know what might be the most fitting description.... I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner. And this is what I said when they asked me if I would accept my election as pontiff: I am a sinner, but I trust in the infinite mercy and patience of our Lord Jesus Christ, and I accept in a spirit of penance.

It is within the established American tradition of satire, if America surrenders on this point, the freedom of speech is a relic of history.

Definite speech means clarity of mind.

I think that it is high time that we remembered that we have sworn to uphold and defend the Constitution. I think that it is high time that we remembered that the Constitution, as amended, speaks not only of the freedom of speech but also of trial by jury instead of trial by accusation.

Hate radio, hate speech, hate groups, hate crimes really don't fit in, in the America that we know today.

If nobody speaks of remarkable things, how can they be called remarkable?

Political leaders normally act by making convincing speeches.