#language

On what rests the hope of the republic? One country, one language, one flag! ↗

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When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object. ↗

— Patrick Henry

#american #american spirit #different #language #liberty

Music is a great energizer. It's a language everybody knows. ↗

— Bill Hicks

#great #knows #language #music

Between France and Senegal there's a history. There's a language that we both speak. There's a culture that we share and to which both of our peoples have contributed. But beyond our history, beyond our language, beyond the links that have united us for so long, what unites us today is the future. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#beyond #both #contributed #culture #france

I am attached to the French language. I will defend the ubiquitous use of French. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#attached #defend #french #french language #i

When I took part in European leaders summits, it was sometimes unpleasant for me to hear Romanian, Polish, Portuguese, and Italian friends speak English, although I admit that on an informal basis, first contacts can be made in this language. Nevertheless, I will defend everywhere the use of the French language. ↗

— Francois Hollande

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The man who does not know other languages, unless he is a man of genius, necessarily has deficiencies in his ideas. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#does #genius #his #ideas #know

The most beautiful words in the English language are 'not guilty'. ↗

— Maxim Gorky

#beautiful words #english #english language #guilty #language

A programming language is for thinking about programs, not for expressing programs you've already thought of. It should be a pencil, not a pen. ↗

— Paul Graham

#already #expressing #language #pen #pencil

What we know is that Shakespeare wrote perhaps the most remarkable body of passionate love poetry in the English language to a young man. ↗