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    Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

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Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to read more

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

by General Colin Powell 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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Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language.

Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language.

by Alfred North Whitehead Found in: Speech Quotes,
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It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

by Mark Twain Found in: Speech Quotes,
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The most precious things in speech are the pauses.

The most precious things in speech are the pauses.

by Sir Ralph Richardson Found in: Speech Quotes,
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Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Speech Quotes,
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Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong

Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong

by Edward O. Wilson Found in: Speech Quotes,
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When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.

When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.

by Arabian Proverb Found in: Speech Quotes,
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Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself-like, read more

Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself-like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks

by Jean Kerr Found in: Speech Quotes,
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