#speech

To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West - know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist. ↗

— Barack Obama

#president #speech #respect

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#free

Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people's idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#free

His forward voice now is to speak well of his friend. His backward voice is to utter foul speeches and to detract. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#criticism #gossip #speech #gossip

I'm no expert standing at a podium giving speeches. I share heartbeats. Compassion. ↗

— Elizabeth Berkley

#expert #giving #heartbeats #i #podium

Right words are born in courage, which results from our struggle to make sense of our various predicaments. Cheer is what words are "trying to tell us/... It's native to the words/and what they want us always to know/even when it seems quite impossible to do. ↗

— William Meredith

#poetry #speech #communication

Why is contemporary China short of works that speak directly? Because we writers cannot speak directly, or rather we can only speak in an indirect way. Why does contemporary China lack good works that critique our current situation? Because our current situation may not be critiqued. We have not only lost the right to criticise, but the courage to do so. Why is modern China lacking in great writers? Because all the great writers are castrated while still in the nursery. ↗

— Murong Xuecun

#literature #courage

A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. ↗

— Ingrid Bergman

#become #designed #kiss #lovely #nature

History is important because it teaches us about the past. And bylearning about the past, you come to understand the present, so that you may make educated decisionsabout the future. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#knowledge #teacher-s-speech #teachers-know-best #terwilliger #education

People appear like angels until you hear them speak. You must not rush to judge people by the colour of their cloaks, but by the content of their words! ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#cloaks #colour #content #crocodile-tears #deception