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    Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection.

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He who does not make his words rather serve to conceal than
discover the sense of his heart deserves read more

He who does not make his words rather serve to conceal than
discover the sense of his heart deserves to have it pulled out
like a traitor's and shown publicly to the rabble.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Speech Quotes,
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Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.

Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.

by Otto Von Bismarck Found in: Speech Quotes,
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I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your
flesh: for as ye have yielded read more

I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your
flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to
uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your
members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

by Bible Found in: Speech Quotes,
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Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak
agreeably to him with whom we deal is more read more

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak
agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good
words or in good order.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Speech Quotes,
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Doubtless there are men of great parts that are guilty of
downright bashfulness, that by a strange hesitation and read more

Doubtless there are men of great parts that are guilty of
downright bashfulness, that by a strange hesitation and
reluctance to speak murder the finest and most elegant thoughts
and render the most lively conceptions flat and heavy.

by Unattributed Author Found in: Speech Quotes,
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But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do:
for they think that they shall be read more

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do:
for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

by Bible Found in: Prayer Quotes, Speech Quotes,
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Though I say't that should not say't.

Though I say't that should not say't.

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Let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.

Let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.

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Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought read more

Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.

by Bergen Evans Found in: Speech Quotes,
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