Public Speech Quotes

All epoch-making revolutionary events have been produced not by the written word but by the spoken word.

Donald Trump is going to speak the truth to the American people.

What is called eloquence in the forum is commonly found to be rhetoric in the study. The orator yields to the inspiration of a transient occasion, and speaks to the mob before him, to those who can hear him; but the writer, whose more equable life is his occasion, and who would be distracted by the event and the crowd which inspire the orator, speaks to the intellect and heart of mankind, to all in any age who can understand him.

Homeland Security Chief Tom Ridge raised security alert to a code red. Apparently Howard Dean has escaped. Did you see Dean's crazed speech the other night, yelling? I see why his wife won't campaign with him. In fact, Dean has a new slogan: 'Aaghhhh.'

No one is murdered in Hungary and there are no illegal arrests, but people have begun again, when they talk to you in a public place looking around to see who's listening. You see that in Slovakia, you're beginning to see that in Poland.

Do we seek delicate phraseology in politics or other forms of public life? We do not.

I assume that those who cling to old beliefs will be able to whisper their thoughts in the recesses of their homes, but if they repeat those views in public, they will risk being labeled as bigots and treated as such by governments, employers, and schools.

I think it's just funny, the things that come out of people's mouths, whether it's a politician, whether it's an average person on the street - and to be honest with you, sometimes these politicians sound like average people on the street.

What we say privately we say publicly.

Euphemisms are worrisome… Presidential words matter…

If you say something that undermines the stability of the country, then you have to be held accountable.

Many believe that Hillary Clinton was channeling President Obama during her recent speech in New York City. She focused on equality, justice, and how hard it was for her growing up as a young black man in Hawaii.

Freedom of worship, even of public speech, would become a farce if interference became the order of the day.

If we surrender the right to speak in public this year, we must surrender the right to petition next year, and the right to write the year after that ... What then can women do for the slave, when she herself is under the feet of man and shamed into silence?

Be careful what you say. Words matter. Words really matter in foreign policy.

Obviously a candidate has to be held responsible for the words that come out of his mouth, regardless of where they came from.

I call the language of political figures, pundits and administrators 'the haute couture of language.'

Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is known in private.

Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is not true.

In the modern presidency, the Chief Executive is expected to respond to anxious national moments with words that stabilize the country. President Trump chose a different route. He did not give a stirring speech of unity or create a national gathering point around common ideals. He spent his passion on other things.

You say different things to a foreign country in public than you say in public.

You learn in America to speak two ways. You learn in public discourse not to be very specific about your religious life. Or, if we talk about it, we'll find a secular way of doing it that will not be offensive to people of non-belief. So, that you go through life with these alternate voices.

My mom told me many times that when you are outside, you have to be careful what you are saying, and don't repeat the words of what you hear at home.

I know [people talk about sex now all the time] But do they really talk about it personally?

Why is non-commercial public expression considered criminal?