speech Quotes

“Religious speech is extreme, emotional, and motivational. It is anti-literal, relying on metaphor, allusion, and other rhetorical devices, and it assumes knowledge within a community of believers.”

“Private religious speech can't be discriminated against. It has to be treated equally with secular speech.”

“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.”

“A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.”

“I don't want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He's a much better speech maker than I am. But I think always to tell the truth in a sometimes blatant way, even though it might be temporarily unpopular, is the best approach.”

“Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better, Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.”

“Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.”

“In speech after speech on his health care plan, the President has tried to convince us that what he is proposing will be good for America. But, how can it be good for America if it raises taxes by a half trillion dollars and costs a trillion dollars or more to implement?”

“Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better, Silence is deep as Eternity speech is shallow as Time.”

“It is easy to believe in freedom of speech for those with whom we agree.”