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«Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their own notions well, or which suggest to them ideas which their minds are already predisposed to accept»
«For me, this nomination was as if all of a sudden the crucifix began to wear a yellow star.»
«Finally, in conclusion, let me say just this.»
Author: Peter Sellers (Actor, Comedian) | About: Speech | Keywords: in conclusion
«Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of truth.»
«Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.»
«Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience that hissed yesterday may applaud today, even for the same performance.»
«Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection.»
Author: Colin Powell | About: Speech | Keywords: comforting, free speech
«For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, to foreign nations, and to the next ages.»
«Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we wonder that all men are not always poets. Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.»
«Facts, or what a man believes to be facts, are always delightful - Get your facts first, and - then you can distort 'em as much as you please»
Author: Mark Twain (Humorist, Lecturer, Writer) | About: Speech | Keywords: distort

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