Speech Quotes

“The march of the flag!”

“Madam, I have come from a country where people are hanged if they talk.”

“Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.”

“It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.”

“Look, I've got a lot of 'I's' in this speech... but this is a day for 'I's'. This is a day for 'me's'. This is a day for 'my's'.”

“There will come a time when three words uttered with charity and meekness shall receive a far more blessed reward than three thousand volumes written with disdainful sharpness of wit.”

“Being asked what was the best and worst thing for men, he said, 'The tongue.'”

“Without the freedom to criticize, there is no true praise.”

“They could take my career, but they could not take my voice.”

“I know there are a number of you who have strong feelings about me. And I know I'll never be able to change those feelings. But what I want you to know is you've made your voices heard.”

“The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.”

“If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.”

“You can change your world by changing your words... Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.”

“Let all the people who have a grievance or injustice to complain about have a place to air their views.”

“For it is not the orator's words that I begrudge, but his actions, and his dispositions.”

“Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.”

“Eloquence: The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be.”

“Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.”

“Speak, you also, speak as the last, have your say.”

“The highest culture is to speak no ill.”