#speech

If the word 'No' was removed from the English language, Ian Paisley would be speechless. ↗

— John Hume

#english language #ian #language #paisley #removed

I used to practice my speeches on my tractor while I plowed my daddy's field. ↗

— Jim Hunt

#field #i #practice #speeches #tractor

The President's speech suggested to me that were we to follow his leadership, we will be in Iraq not for months, but for years. I also hope I am wrong on this. ↗

— Daniel Inouye

#am #follow #his #hope #i

McChrystal never should have been hired for this job given the outrageous cover-up he participated in after the friendly fire death of Pat Tillman. He was lucky to keep the job after his 'Seven Days in May' stunt in London last year when he openly lobbied and undercut the president on the surge. But with the latest sassing, and the continued Sisyphean nature of the surge he urged, McChrystal should offer his resignation. He should try subordination for a change. ↗

— Maureen Dowd

#friendly-fire #insubordination #london #obama #pat-tillman

Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive. ↗

— Roland Barthes

#classification #code #forget #language #legislation

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

— Loretta Swit

#free #free speech #i #privilege #should

Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection. ↗

— Neal Boortz

#free #free speech #meant #needs #popular

Understanding is nothing else than conception caused by speech. ↗

— Thomas Hobbes

#conception #else #nothing #speech #than

In speech after speech on his health care plan, the President has tried to convince us that what he is proposing will be good for America. But, how can it be good for America if it raises taxes by a half trillion dollars and costs a trillion dollars or more to implement? ↗

— Scott Brown

#america #care #convince #costs #dollars

In rendering its decision in our case, the Supreme Court equated money with speech because these days it takes the first to make yourself heard. ↗

— James L. Buckley

#case #court #days #decision #equated