Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words or in good order.
Francis Bacon, Sr.
It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own.
Herbert Hoover
`My country, right or wrong` is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying `My mother, drunk or sober.`
G.K. Chesterton
By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a threat of censorship that by its very existence chills free speech.
Harry A. Blackmun
Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself-like, for instance, he can`t find any clean socks
Jean Kerr
According to most studies, people`s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you`re better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.
Jerry Seinfeld
Brothers don`t necessarily have to say anything to each other-they can sit in a room and be together and just be completely comfortable with each other.
Leonardo DiCaprio
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
Soren Kierkegaard
