833 Quotes About Speech

Speak the words that will free you. Express yourself.

If we do not believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we do not believe in it at all.

Sometimes a people lose their right to remain silent when pressured to remain silent.

When a learned philosopher was in the throes of death, he said: Had I known how listening is superior to speaking, I would not have wasted my life preaching. Eloquent speech is perhaps as fine as gold but unspoken words are even more precious.

A farmer is a magician who produces money from the mud.

Politeness is the first thing people lose once they get the power.

Anyone that says his mind will be probably regarded a fool, but the true artist is not moved by the comments about the looks of his painting or remarks that are dreadfully sarcastic, but hearken now! That he who says what others want to hear hasn't said anything of his own.

War is not just the shower of bullets and bombs from both sides, it is also the shower of blood and bones on both sides.

Don't exercise your freedom of speech until you have exercised your freedom of thought.