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Quotes About Speech

Words don't go from the brain to the lips in time. That's what a stroke does to you... and that hurts me.
~ Lee Corso
The Libertarian position on the freedom of speech is a strong support of freedom of speech, and we oppose government intervention in controlling what is or is not moral.
~ Michael Badnarik
I was strongly against Brexit. I speechified against Brexit.
~ Jose Angel Gurria
They want me to stop making my opinions and not saying a word; I know the Left wants that.
~ Doug Ford
My family, my friends, we live in a democratic country and people have the right to express their opinions.
~ Benny Gantz
I think that freedom of speech is just that, and groups have the right to support or oppose issues that are going to affect them as well as individuals do.
~ Matt Rosendale
I am seriously opposed to censorship of any sort.
~ Don Johnson
Modi is an excellent orator - sure, anybody who spouts untruths is an excellent orator.
~ Kapil Sibal
It is but a poor eloquence which only shows that the orator can talk.
~ Joshua Reynolds
Modi is a great orator.
~ Vivek Agnihotri
In oratory the will must predominate.
~ David Hare
In Cyberspace, the First Amendment is a local ordinance.
~ John Perry Barlow
The idea of writing, to me, was, from the beginning, was writing something which was a little different from the ordinary exchange of speech. It was something that had a certain formality, something in which the words were of interest in themselves.
~ W. S. Merwin
We have organized lobbyists in favor of Israel. You can't open your mouth. I can call the president of the United States anything in the book, but if you say one thing about Israel, and you're off limits.
~ Helen Thomas
I do the Golden Globes because they say I can say what I want. I wouldn't have that at the Oscars.
~ Ricky Gervais
The joy I get while listening to my daughter, Poonthendrel, speak is incomparable. I've listened to several other kids speak but have never enjoyed it as much as I have enjoyed listening to my daughter.
~ Vetrimaaran
They ought to put an amendment to the First Amendment that says there shall also be freedom of hearing.
~ Tom Smothers
I think I would say 'The King's Speech' is surprisingly funny, in fact the audiences in London, Toronto, LA, New York commented there's more laughter in this film than in most comedies, while it is also a moving tear-jerker with an uplifting ending.
~ Tom Hooper
That you may be strong be a craftsman in speech, for the strength of one is the tongue, and the speech of one is mightier than all fighting. –Written five thousand years ago by Ptahhotep
~ Tom Hopkins
He spoke as if he held marbles in his mouth. 'Más o menos'--more or less--came out as 'maomay.' He was on a low-consonant diet, feasting on vowels
~ Unknown
In English-language speech, we spend five times as much time producing vowels as consonants. In singing, that ratio can hit two hundred to one.
~ Tom Vanderbilt
Five is a Four letter word.
~ Unknown
Some people say that Money Talks and BS Walks but I say that BS Talks and Money Walks!
~ Unknown
Every true poet is a monster. He destroys people and their speech. His singing elevates a technique that wipes out the earth so we are not eaten by worms. The drunk sells his coat. The thief sells his mother. Only the poet sells his soul to separate it from the body that he loves.
~ Tomaž Šalamun