#speech

You know, there's nothing more interesting than seeing a bunch of racists become confused and angry at a speech they're not quite certain what he's saying. ↗

— Janeane Garofalo

#become #bunch #certain #confused #interesting

Think of negative speech as verbal pollution. And that's what I've been doing: visualizing insults and gossip as a dark cloud, maybe one with some sulfur dioxide. Once you've belched it out, you can't take it back. As grandma said, if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. The interesting this is, the less often I vocalize my negative thoughts, the fewer negative thoughts I cook up in the first place. ↗

— A.J. Jacobs

#thoughts #gossip

I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an ass of yourself. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#paraphrased #self-expression #death

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#free-speech #freedom

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it. ↗

— Voltaire

#death

I tended to do anything as long as it felt like an adventure, and to stop when it felt like work. Which meant that life did not feel like work. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#inspirational #speech #writing #inspirational

Censors never go after books unless kids already like them. I don’t even think they know to go after books until they know that children are interested in reading this book, therefore there must be something in it that’s wrong. ↗

— Judy Blume

#censoring #censors #censorship #censure #first-amendment

No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation. ↗

— Daniel Webster

#inspired #make #man #preparation #speech

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

— Charles Bradlaugh

#free #free speech #possible #search #speech

When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable. ↗

— Bill Bradley

#against #elicit #expectations #held #make