"Speech that leads not to action, still more that hinders it, is a nuisance on the earth."
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"Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts."
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"Dr. King gave the "I have a dream" speech, not the "I have a plan" speech."
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"One could construe the life of man as a great discourse in which the various people represent different parts of speech (the same might apply to states)."
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"Everyone asks for freedom for himself, The man free love, the businessman free trade, The writer and talker free speech and free press."
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"You are solidified silence, awareness. A thousand hours of speech cannot equal one glance: a hundred glances cannot equal a minute of silence"
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"Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again."
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"Free speech not only lives, it rocks!"
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"It is remarkable how fast and how effectively you can construct a nationality with a flag , a few speeches, and a national anthem; to this day I avoid the label "Lebanese," preferring the less restrictive "Levantine" designation."
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"Being generous and kindly in speech, doing a good turn for others, and treating all alike. One like this will be praised."
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"Speak only endearing speech, speech that is welcomed. Speech, when it brings no evil to others, is pleasant."
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"Persecution for opinion is the master vice of society."
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"Liberty of speech invites and provokes liberty to be used again, and so bringeth much to a man's knowledge."
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"Discretion in speech is more than eloquence."
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"If you are motivated by loving kindness and compassion, there are many ways to bring happiness to others right now, starting with kind speech."
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"It is most difficult to speak when we are ashamed of being silent."
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"I have never knowingly made a non-controversial speech in my life."
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"The speeches to be wary of are those that begin with I'm just going to say a few words."
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"Someday we'll learn the whole story of why George W. Bush brushed off that intelligence briefing of Aug. 6, 2001, 'Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.' But surely a big distraction was the major speech he was readying for delivery on Aug. 9, his first prime-time address to the nation."
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"Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print."
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