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Quotes about speech

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Jessica Mitford
(1917 - 1996)
Things on the whole are much faster in America; people don't "stand for election," they "run for office."
John Andrew HolmesSpeech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both.
Mark Twain
(1835 - 1910)
It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
Michael WikoffGive the average man the right to say whatever he wants to say and he will usually say whatever you want him to say.
Tom Stoppard
(1937 - )
I agree with everything you say, but I would attack to the death your right to say it.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756 - 1791)
My great-grandfather used to say to his wife, my great-grandmother, who in turn told her daughter, my grandmother, who repeated it to her daughter, my mother, who used to remind her daughter, my own sister, that to talk well and eloquently was a very great art, but that an equally great one was to know the right moment to stop.
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