Quotes About Restrained speech

Justice William O. Douglas wrote, "The framers of the Constitution knew human nature as well as we do. They too had lived in dangerous days; they too knew the suffocating influence of orthodoxy and standardized thought. They weighed the compulsions for restrained speech and thought against the abuses of liberty. They chose liberty.

But what can I do? I can—she leapt into the abyss—join a ladies' club. There! That's respectable! That's something I can do! I can be ladylike. Why, I can be more ladylike than anyone, as long as I can keep myself from saying the first thing that pops into my mind.

I'm guarded; I don't talk much.

I gravitate towards silent characters who don't talk much.

Making personal attacks or speaking with malicious intention is something that I have always refrained from.

Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.

Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.

Grant to me a humble and quiet spirit, one that is never uncontrolled or garrulous.

Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.

Men are born with two eyes, but only one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.

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We've had this conversation already and watch your mouth, you fuckhead, there's a lady here.