Speech Quotes - Page 37

• We need a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to control the so-called free speech rights of corporations.

  Hank Johnson

  Rights, Needs, Corporations

  "Dem Rep. Hank Johnson: Amend Constitution to Restrict Freedom of Speech" by Eric Scheiner, www.cnsnews.com. November 29, 2012.

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• Too many people - some of them judges - seem to think that freedom of speech means freedom from consequences for what you have said. If you believe that, try insulting your boss when you go to work tomorrow. Better yet, try insulting your spouse before going to bed tonight.

  Thomas Sowell

  Believe, Mean, Thinking

  "'Academic freedom'?" by Thomas Sowell, townhall.com. February 15, 2005.

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• The best feeling in the world is performing in front of a live audience who like what you're doing. I can understand why people become dictators just because of the thrill they get making the speeches.

  Steve Coogan

  People, Feelings, Thrill

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• A spiritual Christian therefore is one whose spirit is led by God's Spirit... Perhaps their speech does convey truth, but without the quickening of the Holy Spirit even truth is of small advantage.

  Watchman Nee

  Christian, Spiritual, Doe

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• Free speech has been used by the Supreme Court to give immense power to the wealthiest members of our society.

  Noam Chomsky

  Giving, Our Society, Used

  "Chomsky on McCutcheon: ‘Let’s Forget Any Pretense of Being a Democratic Society’" by Abel Collins, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 27, 2014.

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• I'm used to being in front of camera and knowing what to think. But if you're asking me to be me, I get very self-conscious. My job isn't to be me. Being an actor, people think you can do a eulogy at a funeral, a speech at a wedding. I find all that very nerve-racking.

  Eddie Marsan

  Jobs, Thinking, Knowing

  "Eddie Marsan: 'I Don't Have a Great Need to Be Liked by an Audience'". Interview with Cath Clarke, www.theguardian.com. November 01, 2011.

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• Social media changed Chinese mindset. More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not some imported American privilege. But also, it gave the Chinese a national public sphere for people to, it's like a training of their citizenship, preparing for future democracy.

  Michael Anti

  Rights, Media, People

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• Philosophy is an odd thing. When we use the word in everyday speech, you know, you sometimes hear it hilariously.

  Stephen Fry

  Philosophy, Everyday, Odd Things

  "The Importance of Unbelief". Big Think Interview, bigthink.com. December 8, 2009.

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• So too, monks, I saw the ancient path, the ancient road traveled by the Perfectly Enlightened Ones of the past. And what is that ancient path, that ancient road? It is just this Noble Eightfold Path; that is, right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration.

  Gautama Buddha

  Past, Views, Effort

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• By looking at a person's features, clothing, and speech, even Confucius would not be able to say what sort of a person he is. But by testing him in a position and seeing what he he does, even someone with so-so judgment would be able to know if he is wise or not.

  Han Fei

  Wise, Doe, Would Be

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• So there was President Obama, giving his bazillionth speech on health care, droning yet again that “now is the hour when we must seize the moment,” the same moment he’s been seizing every day of the week for the past year, only this time his genius photo-op guys thought it would look good to have him surrounded by men in white coats.

  Mark Steyn

  Men, Past, White

  "STEYN: It’s not about health care". www.washingtontimes.com. March 7, 2010.

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• Think 'free speech,' not 'free beer.'

  Richard Stallman

  Beer, Thinking, Free Speech

  "Second sight" by Richard Stallman, www.theguardian.com. March 2, 2005.

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• And Ralph Nader, God bless him, still out there campaigning. Ralph Nader said today he has set a record for the most campaign speeches given in one day. He gave 21 speeches in one day. Of course, we have to take his word for it, because of course, there are no witnesses.

  Jay Leno

  One Day, Campaigns, Records

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• This Thursday, Barack Obama is gonna give his acceptance speech, and reportedly it's going to include performances by Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen. Yeah. And they say Obama's not black enough!

  Conan O'Brien

  Acceptance, Giving, Black

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• Better than a long speech is a single quietening word.

  Gautama Buddha

  Long, Long Speeches

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• ...a figure of speech can often get into a crack too small for a definition.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Cracks, Definitions, Figures

  Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

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• The person who abides in solitude and quiet is delivered from fighting three battles: hearing, speech, and sight. Then there remains one battle to fight-the battle of the heart.

  Anthony the Great

  Heart, Fighting, Sight

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• If money is free speech, the big interests are sitting in front with megaphones and the average citizens are sitting in the back.

  John McCain

  Average, Citizens, Sitting

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• Make your copy straightforward to read, understand and use. Use easy words; those that are used for everyday speech. Use phrases that are not too imprecise and very understandable. Do not be too stuffy; remove pompous words and substitute them with plain words. Minimize complicated gimmicks and constructions. If you can't give the data directly and briefly, you must consider writing the copy again.

  Jay Abraham

  Writing, Data, Giving

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• Free speech is my right to say what you don't want to hear.

  George Orwell

  Want, Free Speech

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• Searching for the Truth through words and speech is like sticking your head in a bowl of glue.

  Yuanwu Keqin

  Glue, Bowls

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• The speeches to be wary of are those that begin with I'm just going to say a few words.

  Frank Muir

  Few Words

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• President Obama said that we rely too much on gadgets. He gave a passionate speech about technology, but he had to stop when the teleprompter broke.

  Craig Ferguson

  Technology, President, Passionate

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• Because John McCain stood up, our country is better off. The respect he is given around the world is not because of a teleprompter speech designed to appeal to American critics abroad but because of decades of clearly demonstrated character and statesmanship.

  Fred Thompson

  Country, Character, World

  Fred Thompson's Remarks on John McCain's character, www.npr.org. September 2, 2008.

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• What was most striking about the Obama speech in Berlin was not anything he said so much as the alternative reality it fostered: many American children have never before seen huge crowds turn out abroad to wave American flags instead of burn them.

  Frank Rich

  Children, Reality, Alternatives

  "How Obama Became Acting President". www.nytimes.com. July 27, 2008.

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