Oscar Romero
Archbishop, Activist
"The ones who have a voice must speak for those who are voiceless."
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Plato
Philosopher
"No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth."
Mother Angelica
Nun, Television Personality
"It's your obligation to speak the truth, and everyone can either take it or leave it. But truth must be in us. We live in such a poverty of truth today."
John Lewis
Politician
"You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage."
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"Words spoken can not be recalled so think twice before you speak."
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"I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed."
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"There is a gentle thought that often springs to life in me, because it speaks of you."
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"Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act."
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"Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say."
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"Very few of the so-called liberals are open-minded.... They shout you down and won't let you speak if you disagree with them."
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"Live in such a way that if someone should speak badly of you, no one would believe it."
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"If someone speaks badly of you, do not defend yourself against the accusations, but reply; "you obviously don't know about my other vices, otherwise you would have mentioned these as well"
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"Women speak two languages - one of which is verbal."
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"Music is the heart of life." She speaks love; "without it, there is no possible good and with it everything is beautiful."
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"In each of us is another whom we do not know. He speaks to us in dreams and tells us how differently he sees us from the way we see ourselves."
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"Don't let anyone speak for you, and don't rely on others to fight for you."
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"Therefore once for all this short command is given to you. 'Love and do what you will.' If you keep silent, keep silent by love; if you speak, speak by love; if you correct, correct by love; if you pardon, pardon by love: let love be rooted in you, and from the root nothing but good can grow."
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"The best jihad is to speak a word of justice to an oppressive ruler."
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"I have a very thick skin. I take everything that comes and let it bounce right off me because I know the time will come when nobody will be able to speak falsely."
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"It is better to allow our lives to speak for us than our words."
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"Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves."
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"The very best and highest attainment in this life is to remain still and let God act and speak in you."
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"Poetry at its best is the language your soul would speak if you could teach your soul to speak."
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"The beauty of fragrance is that it speaks to your heart and hopefully someone else's."
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"I had 2 choices, be silent and get killed, or speak up and be killed, I chose the second option."
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