Speech Quotes

“I know there are a number of you who have strong feelings about me. And I know I'll never be able to change those feelings. But what I want you to know is you've made your voices heard.”

“If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.”

“It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.”

“Being asked what was the best and worst thing for men, he said, 'The tongue.'”

“Without the freedom to criticize, there is no true praise.”

“For it is not the orator's words that I begrudge, but his actions, and his dispositions.”

“It is better to be silent than to say things that are not to the purpose.”

“Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.”

“Look, I've got a lot of 'I's' in this speech... but this is a day for 'I's'. This is a day for 'me's'. This is a day for 'my's'.”

“A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech.”

“We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.”

“Before you speak, ask yourself: is it kind, is it necessary, is it true, does it improve on the silence?”

“Political correctness is a disaster.”

“A man's speech is the likeness of his life.”

“I may be arrested, I may be tried and thrown in jail, but I will never be silent.”

“My mother always said, 'If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all.'”

“They could take my career, but they could not take my voice.”

“The march of the flag!”

“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.”

“Eloquence: The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be.”