Quotes About Speech

Trust the man who hesitates in his speech and is quick and steady in action, but beware of long arguments and long beards.

Trust me, I have never written a speech in my life, and if I have my way, I never will.

Love all, trust a few, Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence, But never tax'd for speech.

Sometimes you can't speak, not because others won't let you, but because you are afraid of what you'll say.

O Lord Eternal, move and govern my tongue to speak the truth.

Free expression is the base of human rights, the root of human nature and the mother of truth. To kill free speech is to insult human rights, to stifle human nature and to suppress truth.

Baddies always do get the best lines, that's the honest truth.

The average man can't prove most of the things that he chooses to speak of, and still won't research and find out the root of the truth that you seek of

Donald Trump is going to speak the truth to the American people.

A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.

Silence is the Mother of Truth, for the silent man was ever to be trusted, while the man ever ready with speech was never taken seriously.

There is one sure way of telling when politicians aren't telling the truth - their lips move.

After man knows the truth, he cannot be too careful of his words.

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.

Freedom of expression is the foundation of human rights, the source of humanity, and the mother of truth.

It is a truth forever, that where the speech of man stops short there Music's reign begins.

The truth is that this culture of political correctness has tied the hands of law enforcement around the USA.

Honesty of thought and speech and written word is a jewel, and they who curb prejudice and seek honorably to know and speak the truth are the only builders of a better life.

I want to honor Jesus with the things I say and the things I choose not to say. Lord, help us all be so careful with sharing opinions as if they are truth.

Truth is the only healthy place from which to speak. Assumption is the birthplace of godless chatter.

Miss Charlotte was often and spectacularly silent. But her silence was that of the woods and hills, a natural absence of speech. The maharani's, on the other hand, made Mrs. Watson think of the walled forts of Jaipur, a silence that watched and hid.

Words have a magical power. They can bring either the greatest happiness or deepest despair; they can transfer knowledge from teacher to student; words enable the orator to sway his audience and dictate its decisions. Words are capable of arousing the strongest emotions and prompting all men's actions.

[Martin Luther King, Jr.] gave the 'I have a dream' speech, not the 'I have a plan' speech.

Say it again," he says. "That whole drawn-out speech?" I remember something about a solar system, but I'm too light-headed to recite the entire thing all over again. He steps closer. "No. The part about you fallin' for me.