Quotes About Speech

I would welcome satirical references to political leaders as part of freedom of expression.

A very considerable body of the German people live in America and propose to fight that Government. Bourke in his great speech last week welcoming the Belgian mission to Boston worked out the President's meaning with care.

See, believe it or not, I actually support complete free speech not because I don't care about the welfare of the American people. I support it because I do.

You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies - and it applies to any rock star who wants to make a political speech as well.

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things.

When President Kennedy come to West Virginia, he spoke about West Virginia and the people that gave the people here pride. And my family, my father remembers when President Kennedy was in Logan County and at places like the smokehouse, standing on chairs, talking to people.

In a Western, you talk more with your eyes and your actions than you do with big speeches. I love that.

Language is powerful. Words matter.

All are free to believe or not believe; all are free to practice a faith or not. But those who believe must be free to speak of and act on their belief.

A woman should be seen by the luminosity of her grace and not heard shooting her mouth away about praising herself which is so not lady-like.

Inaugurals conventionally start with a history lesson and finish with a prayer.

This is going right to the police. So, it's a very dangerous precedent.

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

I had a terrible dream when I was pregnant; I dreamt the baby had a ventriloquial mouth, but there was no hand hole; I had to flick the mouth down to get words out.

What I find very interesting is, we're not enthralled by the ancient world, and we've escaped all kinds of ancient preconceptions and assumptions and prejudices. But, nevertheless, we still make that connection between authoritative speech and male speech.

I can't comment on what every single presidential candidate is saying or doing.

The press is like the air, a chartered libertine.

I do not speak frequently or otherwise to the press.

There is no such thing as absolute freedom of the press, not even in the most advanced countries in the world. There are things you just don't say, because it will destabilise the environment.

I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone.

The judge decided in this case that both the state and the defense would have the opportunity to respond to certain kinds of press. This is one such instance.

You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.

I think my English is pretty good, but speaking without thinking about what you are saying, you know, it's just different.

I got my degree in rhetoric.