“I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.” TryingWellsHardTalkingIssuesPolicySpeechHatsBubblesNot Talking Author:Malcolm Turnbull
“The worst, most insidious effect of censorship is that, in the end, it can deaden the imagination of the people. Where there is no debate, it is hard to go on remembering, every day, that there is a suppressed side to every argument.” PeopleEndsHardRememberDeathSidesImaginationWorstEffectsGoes OnSpeechArgumentDebateCensorshipInsidious Author:Salman Rushdie
“Curiously, it is hard not to be a little optimistic about the future for Zimbabwe (as nobody at all calls it yet, except in political speeches). The fear is not that there will be mass slaughter of the whites, followed by their flight to South Africa and the collapse of the economy, but that the need to retain white confidence may mean that the blacks are badly disappointed.” NeedsMayMeanLittlesHardPoliticalWhiteEconomySpeechMassSouthFlightOptimisticDisappointedCollapseSouth AfricaSlaughterZimbabwePolitical Speeches Author:Simon Hoggart
“I believe in religious liberty. I believe in freedom of speech. I believe in working hard and playing by the rules. I'm showing up for work tomorrow.” BelieveHardI BelieveReligiousLibertyTomorrowSpeechI Believe InFreedom Of SpeechBill Of RightsShowing UpReligious Liberty Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1995 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1995
“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.” MenBelieveHardYoungBlackPresidentJusticeCitiesGrowing UpGrowingNew YorkSpeechClintonFocusedNew York CityPresident ObamaHawaiiChanneling Author:Jimmy Fallon