Speech Quotes - Page 15

Which country is suffering from too much freedom of speech? Name it, is there one?

All work and no plagiarism makes a dull speech.

Slavery tolerates no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no freedom of opinion.

Illusion - or rather appearance, semblance - is the theme of my life (could be theme of speech welcoming freshmen to the Academy). All that is, seems, and is visible to us because we perceive it by the reflected light of semblance. Nothing else is visible.

Man is said to be a rational creature; but should it not rather be said, that man is a creature capable of being rational, as we say a parrot is a creature capable of speech?

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.

I fear a Man of frugal speech - I fear a Silent Man - Haranguer - I can overtake - Or Babbler - entertain - But He who weigheth - While the Rest - Expend their furthest pound - Of this Man - I am wary - I fear that He is Grand -

Solon used to say that speech was the image of actions; . . . that laws were like cobwebs, - for that if any trifling or powerless thing fell into them, they held it fast; while if it were something weightier, it broke through them and was off.

I think that some restriction on speech is appropriate.

Entranced by the denotative power of words to define, to order, to represent the things around us, weve overlooked the songful dimension of language so obvious to our oral [storytelling] ancestors. Weve lost our ear for the music of language -- for the rhythmic, melodic layer of speech by which earthly things overhear us.

A word in earnest is as good as a speech.

Without free speech no search for Truth is possible; without free speech no discovery of Truth is useful.

We have to uphold a free press and freedom of speech - because, in the end, lies and misinformation are no match for the truth.

Speech is the representation of the mind, and writing is the representation of speech.

The threat or fear of violence should not become an excuse or justification for restricting freedom of speech.

Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.

The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.

After all, if freedom of speech means anything, it means a willingness to stand and let people say things with which we disagree, and which do weary us considerably.

Authoritative interpretations of the First Amendment guarantees have consistently refused to recognize an exception for any test of truth whether administered by judges, juries, or administrative officials and especially one that puts the burden of proving truth on the speaker.

The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward - or go back. He who now talks about the 'freedom of the press' goes backward, and halts our headlong course towards Socialism.

No speech can stain what is noble by nature.

Speech is the mirror of action.

Speech is the mirror of the mind.

The source of all unhappiness is other people. As soon as you learn to think of other people as noisy furniture, the sooner you will be happy. - Wally's Keynote Speech