Quotes about Speech

amen, I tell you: The locution is peculiar to Jesus. The term "amen" would ordinarily respond to the speech of another ("so be it," "yes"), and come at the end. The Gospels show Jesus validating his own speech beforehand; an unmistakable sign of prophetic self-consciousness.

[Martin Luther King, Jr.] gave the 'I have a dream' speech, not the 'I have a plan' speech.

Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to my conscience, above all liberties.

God who created us has granted us the faculty of speech that we might disclose the counsels of our hearts to one another and that, since we possess our human nature in common, each of us might share his thoughts with his neighbor, bringing them forth from the secret recesses of the heart as from a treasury.

At all times, day by day, we have to continue fighting for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom from want... for these are things that must be gained in peace as well as in war.

I have lived under totalitarian Communism, so I prize freedom as much as anyone and have long fought for freedom of conscience and speech.

Freedom of speech is of no use to a man who has nothing to say and freedom of worship is of no use to a man who has lost his God.

There is not only an art, but an eloquence in it.

From a wise mind comes wise speech; the words of the wise are persuasive. Kind words are like honey—sweet to the soul and healthy for the body. PROVERBS 16:23—24 NLT

What we love usually manages to get into our conversation. What is down in the well of the heart will come up in the bucket of the speech.

Truth is the only healthy place from which to speak. Assumption is the birthplace of godless chatter.

If you cannot be positive, then at least be quiet.