Speech Quotations | Page 2

Literature is the immortality of speech.

Hamas is a terrorist organization dedicated to annihilating the Jewish state. It runs a theocratic totalitarian state in Gaza, with no individual liberty, and no freedom of speech or press.

All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.

Obama has become too dependent on formal speeches and set town halls. His idea of mixing it up is taking off his jacket.

Right speech comes out of silence and right silence comes out of speech.

The centralization of power in Washington, which nearly all members of Congress deplore in their speech and then support by their votes, steadily increases.

With true free speech has to come an understanding of when and when not to use it. But you can't legislate that. It must be voluntary - especially in a world where a whisper can reach a million people in an eye blink.

With this bill, we shift the focus to where it belongs, not on controlling speech ... but on the question of to whom you may be beholden in order to get the money to do that. That's where the focus should be.

Obviously, this is a different role to what he had in the past, but when he was (a central bank governor) he was quite outspoken and gave a number of speeches pushing a particular view, which I thought was always well informed.

Freedom of speech and freedom of expression are so ingrained in our society we rarely stop to think about it. I'm able to write what I want--dark fiendish plots without fear. . . . I can criticize the FBI, the CIA, the president and Congress without giving it a thought.