What this country needs is more free speech worth listening to.

What this country needs is more free speech worth listening to.

A good orator is pointed and impassioned.

A good orator is pointed and impassioned.

The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends read more

The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies.

Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.

Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.

The public have neither shame nor gratitude.

The public have neither shame nor gratitude.

The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less read more

The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality.

It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove read more

It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.

You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.

You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.

That miscellaneous collection of a few wise and many foolish individuals, called the public.

That miscellaneous collection of a few wise and many foolish individuals, called the public.