Quotes About Speech

Some of the press who speak loudly about the freedom of the press are themselves the enemies of freedom. Countless people dare not say a thing because they know it will be picked up and made a song of by the press. That limits freedom.

Freedom of speech is of no use to a man who has nothing to say and freedom of worship is of no use to a man who has lost his God.

Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties

Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.

To preserve the freedom of the human mind then and freedom of the press, every spirit should be ready to devote itself to martyrdom; for as long as we may think as we will, and speak as we think, the condition of man will proceed in improvement

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist

People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they seldom use

We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongues, at our peril, risk and hazard.

Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear

I used to believe in freedom of speech until I had to pay my first phone bill.

I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it is always the deadliest enemy of tyranny.

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety, because if a man is a fool, the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking

If a man loudly blesses his neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.

If only you would be altogether silent! For you, that would be wisdom.

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.

The chief drawback with men is that they are too talkative.

Talking turned out to be Louise's talent. If talking were a sport, Louise would've been a marathoner.

The regime had understood that one person leaving her house while asking herself: Are my trousers long enough? Is my veil in place? Can my make-up be seen? Are they going to whip me? No longer asks herself: Where is my freedom of thought? Where is my freedom of speech? My life, is it liveable? What's going on in the political prisons?

Words are reflections. What we speak comes back to us. I prefer being told the truth, so I tell the truth. Within reason.

The tongue has the power of life and death.13 It's not some abracadabra incantation, but sometimes you have to say it like you believe it. Jesus literally spoke to the wind and the waves, right?

An untamed tongue is far more dangerous than an untrained sword.

grunts don't sing, they grunt. That's why they're called grunts.