You hear about constitutional rights, free speech and the free press. Every time I hear these words I say to myself, 'That man is a Red, that man is a Communist!' You never hear a real American talk like that.
Frank Hague

I don't think we should be deprived of the privilege of free speech.
Loretta Swit

An educated man is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style.
Alan K. Simpson

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
Martin Farquhar Tupper

Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.
William Safire

Today it is becoming harder to speak out, with the inception of the Patriot Act, the president has legislated free speech to be a crime.
Frank Serpico

We should silence anyone who opposes the right to freedom of speech.
Boyle Roche

In Vietnam we have no political prisoners. No one is arrested or jailed for his or her speech or point of view. They are put in jail because they violated the law.
Nong Duc Manh

I indeed had only one scene, one speech, one little speech, but it was with Robin Williams.
Charles Keating

I am absolutely opposed to political correctness. You cannot confront hate speech until you've experienced it. You need to hear every side of the issue instead of just one.
Jane Elliott

Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect - freedom of thought and freedom of action.
Frank Murphy

A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority.
Brendan Francis

A master of improvised speech and improvised policies.
A. J. P. Taylor

Freedom is poetry, taking liberties with words, breaking the rules of normal speech, violating common sense. Freedom is violence.
Norman O. Brown

I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between China and the United States. Which way is it going to go? It's hard to see.
Julian Assange

I would hope to inspire in my listeners a feeling of freedom - of speech, thought and political activity.
John Hall

Without free speech no search for truth is possible... no discovery of truth is useful.
Charles Bradlaugh

What we have is two important values in conflict: freedom of speech and our desire for healthy campaigns in a healthy democracy. You can't have both.
Dick Gephardt

My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe.
Jimmy Durante

The basic line in any good verse is cadenced... building it around the natural breath structures of speech.
Kenneth Rexroth