“Thought and speech are of a thinking and speaking subject, and if the life of the latter depends on the performance of a superimposed function, it depends on fulfilling the requirements of this function thus it depends on those who control these requirements.” IfsThinkingSubjectsDependsSpeechPerformancesFunctionLatterFulfillingRequirements Book:One Dimensional Man Source: One Dimensional Man
“If what is best in mankind, and what its progress depends on, manifests itself primarily in the individual and only secondarily in the mass, then our objectives should be to maintain such freedom as allows the individual to think and speak for himself.” IfsThinkingShouldIndividualSpeakFreedomProgressMankindDependsSpeechMassObjectivesIndividualismFree Thought Author:Louis J. Halle
“Depend upon it, sir, it is when you come close to a man in conservation that you discover what his real abilities are; to make a speech in a public assembly is a knack.” MenRealAbilityDependsSpeechConservationAssemblyKnack Author:Samuel Johnson
“Of cases where a man is truthful both in speech and conduct when no considerations of honesty come in, from an habitual sincerity of disposition. Such sincerity may be esteemed a moral excellence; for the lover of truth, who is truthful even when nothing depends on it, will a fortiori be truthful when some interest is at stake, since having all along avoided falsehood for its own sake, he will assuredly avoid it when it is morally base; and this is a disposition that we praise.” MenMayInterestMoralCasesVirtueHonestyDependsLoversSpeechPraiseExcellenceSakeConsiderationSincerityStakesTruthfulFalsehoodDispositionAvoidedHabitualBeing TruthfulMoral Excellence Author:Aristotle
“Of the modes of persuasion furnished by the spoken word there are three kinds. The first kind depends on the personal character ofthe speaker; the second on putting the audience into a certain frame of mind; the third on the proof, provided by the words of the speech itself.” MindFirstsKindCharacterCertainThreeAudienceDependsSpeechThirdsProofSpeakersRhetoricPersuasionSpoken WordFrame Of MindPersonal Character Author:Aristotle
“Peace depends upon compromise among peoples who must live together long after our speeches are over, long after our votes have been tallied.” LongHas BeensTogetherDependsSpeechVoteCompromise Author:Barack Obama
“The choice before us is plain: Christ or chaos, conviction or compromise, discipline or disintegration. I am rather tired of hearing about our rights and privileges as Americans. The time is come - it is now - when we ought to hear about the duties and responsibilities of our citizenship. America's future depends upon her accepting and demonstrating God's government.” GodGovernmentAmericaChoicesJesusChristResponsibilityAcceptingRightsAcceptanceDutyDependsOughtDisciplineSpeechTiredChaosPrivilegeConvictionHearingCompromiseCitizenshipDemonstratingDisintegrationPlainnessRights And Privileges Author:Peter Marshall
“Consciousness surely does not depend on language. Babies, many animals, and patients robbed of speech by brain damage are not insensate robots; they have reactions like ours that indicate that someone's home.” DoeHomeLanguageAnimalBrainConsciousnessBabyDependsSpeechPatientReactionsDamageRobots Author:Steven Pinker