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“Conversation was never begun at once, nor in a hurried manner. No one was quick with a question, no matter how important, and no one was pressed for an answer. A pause giving time for thought was the truly courteous way of beginning and conducting a conversation. Silence was meaningful with the Lakota, and his granting a space of silence to the speech-maker and his own moment of silence before talking was done in the practice of true politeness and regard for the rule that, "thought comes before speech."”

“The Jesuits were good educators, exceptional teachers. In an era and in a society where freedom of speech was not held in high regard, of course, that the discourse be focused on what they were teaching, but we were able to go beyond this framework without incurring too great a risk.”

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Book:Memoirs

Source: Memoirs

“We live thetime that a match flickers; we pop the corkof a ginger-beer bottle, and the earthquake swallows us on the instant. Is it not odd, is it not incongruous, is it not, in the highest sense of human speech, incredible, that we should think so highly of the ginger-beer, and regard so little the devouring earthquake?”

Thinking Should Humans Littles Speech Highest Regard Incredibles Pops Beer Odd Instant Bottles Earthquakes Flicker Devouring Ginger

Author:Robert Louis Stevenson

“We cannot sanction the view that the Constitution, while solicitous of the cognitive content of individual speech, has little or no regard for that emotive function which, practically speaking, may often be the more important element of the overall message sought to be communicated.”

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Author:John Marshall Harlan II

“The superior man * * * in regard to his speech * * * is anxious that it should be sincere.”

Men Should Speech Regard Superiors Sincere Sincerity Anxious Superior Man

Author:Confucius

“Over the centuries, we've moved on from Scripture to accumulate precepts of ethical, legal and moral philosophy. We've evolved a liberal consensus of what we regard as underpinnings of decent society, such as the idea that we don't approve of slavery or discrimination on the grounds of race or sex, that we respect free speech and the rights of the individual. All of these things that have become second nature to our morals today owe very little to religion, and mostly have been won in opposition to the teeth of religion.”

“PLAIN SUPERFICIALITY is the character of a speech, in which any two points being taken, the speaker is found to lie wholly with regard to those two points.”

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Book:The Complete Illustrated Lewis Carroll

Source: The Complete Illustrated Lewis Carroll

“I am broadly concerned about the slow death of free speech, but particularly in universities and also with regards to the climate change debate.”

Speech Concerned Regard Climate Climate Change University Debate Free Speech

Author:Judith Curry

“Nature is a temple, where the living Columns sometimes breathe confusing speech; Man walks within these groves of symbols, each Of which regards him as a kindred thing.”

Men Sometimes Walks Speech Regard Breathe Symbols Temples Confusing Columns Kindred Grove

Book:The Flowers of Evil

Source: The Flowers of Evil

“The native hue of resolution is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought; and enterprises of great pitch and moment, With this regard, their currents turn awry, and lose the name of action.”