#speech

My girlfriend asked if I wanted to go see a politician give a speech on “Ethics”, and I said, Sure, I might enjoy a bit of stand-up comedy.
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— Jarod Kintz

#ethics #funny #humor #politicians #politics

A lot of people have said to me, 'That's a great idea, running for president. You'll get booked for more speeches. You can write a book.' ↗

— John Bolton

#booked #get #great #great idea #idea

Silence is safer than speech. ↗

— Epictetus

#silence #speech #than

I've been doing these conventions for 20 years, and we used to at least have debates about issues. Nothing is happening basically at this convention, other than speeches. ↗

— Susan Estrich

#basically #been #convention #conventions #debates

There were speeches made in Congress in the very last session before the outbreak of the Rebellion, so ferocious as to show that their authors were under the influence of a real frenzy. ↗

— Edward Everett

#before #congress #ferocious #frenzy #influence

I've had a lot of fear in my life, from fear of flying to fear of making a speech in front of a lot of people. ↗

— Chris Evert

#flying #front #had #i #life

The long version of the play is actually an easier version to follow. In all of the cut versions the intense speeches are cut too close together for the audience and the actors. ↗

— Kenneth Branagh

#audience #close #cut #easier #follow

The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech. ↗

— Clifton Paul Fadiman

#banana #parts #peel #speech

When you consider what Tony Blair was saying about liberty, human rights and that sort of thing, it would be terribly revolutionary to sell the speeches he and Jack Straw made in 1994. ↗

— Rory Bremner

#blair #consider #human #human rights #jack

As a consequence, the Court ruled that the limits on campaign spending violated the First Amendment, but it accepted the $1,000 limit on individual contributions on the ground that the need to avoid the appearance of corruption justified this limited constraint on speech. ↗

— James L. Buckley

#amendment #appearance #avoid #campaign #consequence