“It was a good speech, but the reaction was due to the fact that politics are madness, and even if one does not know it, a country in electoral season experiences flares of lunacy like the great storms that sometimes march across the golden surface of the sun.” IfsKnowsDoeCountrySometimesFactsSunSpeechSeasonsMadnessStormDuesSurfaceReactionsGoldenMarchFlareLunacy Book:Freddy and Fredericka Source: Freddy and Fredericka
“When you read a great book, you don’t escape from life, you plunge deeper into it. There may be a superficial escape – into different countries, mores, speech patterns – but what you are essentially doing is furthering your understanding of life’s subtleties, paradoxes, joys, pains and truths. Reading and life are not separate but symbiotic.” MayBookDifferentCountryPainJoyReadingUnderstandingSpeechPatternsDeeperParadoxSuperficialPlungeSubtletyGreat BookDifferent Countries Author:Julian Barnes
“But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of?” KnowsLifeCountryDeathReturnBearsSpeechDreadPuzzlesAfter DeathTravellerHamlet And OpheliaHamlet 2Important HamletMortality In HamletBe Or Not To BeHamlet RevengeMorality In HamletHamlet DeathHamlet Significant Author:William Shakespeare
“The relative freedom which we enjoy depends of public opinion. The law is no protection. Governments make laws, but whether they are carried out, and how the police behave, depends on the general temper in the country. If large numbers of people are interested in freedom of speech, there will be freedom of speech, even if the law forbids it; if public opinion is sluggish, inconvenient minorities will be persecuted, even if laws exist to protect them.” PeopleIfsCountryGovernmentLawEnjoyFreedomNumbersOpinionDependsProtectSpeechPoliceProtectionBehaveMinoritiesRelativeTemperFreedom Of SpeechPublic OpinionLarge NumbersPersecutedInconvenientSluggish Book:Fifty Essays (George Orwell) (Literary Thoughts Edition) Source: Fifty Essays (George Orwell) (Literary Thoughts Edition)
“Freedom of press and freedom of speech: What a blessing for a country while in the hands of honest, patriotic men; what a curse if in the hands of designing demagogues.” IfsMenCountryHandsFreedomHonestDesignBlessingSpeechPressesCursePatrioticFreedom Of SpeechFreedom Of The Press Author:William J. H. Boetcker
“I think it's very important for everyone in America to realize right now the state of our country, not just on this issue but on a lot of issues, that it is time to get active again. People have just sat back and just sort of said, oh, let somebody else do it for a long time, and we're seeing what's happening to the country, even freedom of speech. It's not going well. So I think this is a real opportunity for people to see, yes, if you do get out and you do get active, there are other people there. You just have to seek them out.” PeopleIfsThinkingWellsLongSaidImportantRealCountryStatesAmericaOpportunityWomenRealizingIssuesSeeingFeminismRight NowSpeechLong TimeHappeningsFeministActiveOur CountrySatEmpoweringFreedom Of Speech Author:Mary Steenburgen
“And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.” MenWorldCountryTogetherAmericaPoliticalAsksPoliticsCan DoFreedomCitizensSpeechFellowsPatriotismPatrioticPatriot4th Of JulyInaugurationAmerican PatrioticInauguralInaugural AddressAmerican PatriotismTogether We CanPatriotism And NationalismJuly 4th 1776Patriotism In AmericaHappy Independence Day UsaInspirational PatrioticCountries Of The WorldInaugural SpeechJuly 4 Author:John F. Kennedy
“'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.'” ThinkingCountryPoliticalMotherCasesSpeechDrunkDesperatePatriotismPatrioticOther CountriesPatriotSoberGood PatrioticAnti PatriotismMother Country Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“Life in the country teaches one that the really stimulating things are the quiet, natural things, and the really wearisome things are the noisy, unnatural things. It is more exciting to stand still than to dance. Silence is more eloquent than speech. Water is more stimulating than wine. Fresh air is more intoxicating than cigarette smoke. Sunlight is more subtle than electric light. The scent of grass is more luxurious than the most expensive perfume. The slow, simple observations of the peasant are more wise than the most sparkling epigrams of the latest wit.” LifeStillsCountryLightWaterNaturalSimpleSilenceTeachWiseAirQuietSpeechExcitingWineWitObservationSmokeGrassExpensiveSubtleElectricSunlightCigaretteScentSilence IsPerfumePeasantsUnnaturalEloquentNoisyFresh AirEpigramsSparklingNatural ThingsLuxuriousElectric LightCigarette Smoke Author:Beverley Nichols
“In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society.” CountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesSpeechProtectedOther CountriesFreedom Of SpeechFree SocietyGreat Country Author:Noam Chomsky