"The sublime delight of truthful speech to one who has the great gift of uttering it, will make itself felt even through the pangs of sorrow."
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"When one is grateful for something too good for common thanks, writing is less unsatisfactory than speech-one does not, at least, hear how inadequate the words are."
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"I'm one of those people that feels that Americans that shouldn't do Shakespeare... The rhythms of the English language and the mannerisms of the English speech seems to work effortlessly with William Shakespeare, but when Americans do it, something seems stuck."
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"Reason and speech we onely bring."
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"More have repented speech then silence. [More have repented speech than silence.]"
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"It is no exaggeration to conclude that the Internet has achieved, and continues to achieve, the most participatory marketplace of mass speech that this country - and indeed the world - has yet seen."
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"...a figure of speech can often get into a crack too small for a definition."
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"Precisely because our political speeches are meant to be reported, they are not worth reporting. Precisely because they are carefully designed to be read, nobody reads them."
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"Speech is a rolling press that always amplifies one's emotions."
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"La parole humaine est comme un chaudron fe" le o u' nous battons des me lodies a' faire danser les ours, quand on voudrait attendrir les e toiles. Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, when all the time we are longing to move the stars to pity."
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"If you only stand up for speech you approve of, you're a hack. If you only stand up for speech that everyone approves of, you're a coward."
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"Free speech has been used by the Supreme Court to give immense power to the wealthiest members of our society."
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"In rendering its decision in our case, the Supreme Court equated money with speech because these days it takes the first to make yourself heard."
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"It is the man determines what is said, not the words."
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"Who that has heard a strain of music feared then lest he should speak extravagantly any more forever?"
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"The orator puts off his individuality, and is then most eloquent when most silent. He listens while he speaks, and is a hearer along with his audience."
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"I'm a free speech bigot. I don't like censorship; I just don't think it's a good thing."
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"In general those who nothing have to say Contrive to spend the longest time in doing it."
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"What is the short meaning of the long speech?"
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"Speech is always bolder than action."
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