Quotes About Speech

The government of Israel doesn't like the kinds of things I say, which puts them into the same category as every other government in the world.

The First Amendment is about how we govern ourselves - not about how we titillate ourselves sexually.

Hand in hand with freedom of speech goes the power to be heard, to share in the decisions of government which shape men's lives.

It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.

The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.

I wasn't a great communicator, but I communicated great things, and they didn't spring full-bloom from my brow - they came from the heart of a great nation.

The fundamentals that founded our great nation included the freedom of speech and religion.

In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of.

What the great ones do, the less will prattle of

The sheer act of listening speaks volumes that even a great speech can't communicate.

Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.

Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.

[Louis Brandeis] believes in natural rights of speech and liberty and the right to pursue happiness.

I will try and remember always to approach God in secret with as much reverence in speech, posture, and behavior as in public. Help me, Thou who knowest my frame and pitiest as a father his children.

No one understands that the First Amendment is only important if you are going to offend somebody. If you're not going to offend somebody, you don't need protection of the First Amendment.

Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.

We'll have a baby who stutters repeatedly We'll name him history

I think the most un-American thing you can say is, 'You can't say that.'

Never say more than is necessary.

Honest speech does not seek secret places.

An honest man, sir, is able to speak for himself, when a knave is not.

Never separate the life you lead from the words you speak.

Poetry is a form of necessary speech... I have sought to restore the aura of sacred practice that accompanies true poetic creation, to honor both the rational and the irrational elements of poetry.

No one is moved to act, or resolves to speak a single word, who does not hope by means of this action or word to release anxiety from his spirit.