“Then President [Barack] Obama went on to argue that a citizen`s Second Amendment rights can be restricted without being infringed, just like any other rights. There are limits on your free speech and on your right to privacy. But he also made another nuanced Constitutional argument, that the rights enshrined in the Second Amendment must be balanced alongside the others rights guaranteed by the Constitution.” MadePresidentRightsCitizensLimitsSpeechArgumentConstitutionArguingBarackPrivacyAmendmentsBalancedFree SpeechSecond AmendmentPresident Barack ObamaRight To Privacy Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“Well, human rights defenders, freedom of speech advocates, lawyers that we spoke to said this is really an expansion. After the military ouster of Egypt's unpopular, but elected Islamist president in 2013, we saw political opponents being arrested by the thousands, really. Then we saw a popular comedian go off the air out of fear of retribution.” HumansWellsSaidPoliticalPresidentSawsRightsAirMilitarySpeechHuman RightsLawyerComedianOpponentsSpokesFreedom Of SpeechExpansionEgyptArrestedRetributionDefendersIslamistsPolitical Opponents Author:Leila Fadel
“God Bless America started to become an almost ritualistic incantation at the end of political speeches really with Ronald Reagan. It appears occasionally before, but it was not that common. And of course since it was a song that wasn't written by Irving Berlin until the 20th century (laughter), none of the 19th century presidents said God Bless America at the end of speeches, either. I think that the symbolism which suggests that everybody is religious and that even presidents who believe in church and state feel obliged to do this.” ThinkingFeelsBelieveSaidEndsStatesAmericaPoliticalSongCoursesPresidentChurchReligiousCommonWrittenCenturySpeechLaughterBless20th CenturyObligedChurch And StateBerlin19th CenturySymbolismGod BlessGod Bless AmericaPolitical Speeches Author:Susan Jacoby
“I do not think anyone who ever saw Lyndon Johnson give a speech would call him charismatic, even though he was one of the most effective presidents in U.S. history. Same with Lincoln. Charisma is only one source of power, and probably not a very important one, at that.” ThinkingGivingImportantPresidentSawsSourceSpeechJohnsonCharismaCharismatic Author:Jeffrey Pfeffer
“We don't hear our president [Barack Obama] talking about the need for high-quality jobs for everybody, giving it priority, not just giving a speech in Detroit. That's fine, but speaking to Tim Geithner, speaking to Larry Summers. When are you going to make jobs, jobs, jobs a priority rather than Wall Street, Wall Street, Wall Street a priority? That's what I'm concerned about.” NeedsGivingJobsPresidentQualityTalkingStreetsWallFineSpeechSummerConcernedPrioritiesBarackDetroitLarryPresident Barack ObamaHigh Quality Author:Cornel West
“Fox News may be demolishing its more liberal cable news rivals in the ratings but to Democrats it's still the bogeyman. That's why President Obama took the opportunity to criticize the network during a speech defending his economic record at Northwestern University today. But in doing so, the president not only demonstrated the weakness of his position but also why he doesn't understand Fox's appeal.” MayStillsTodayOpportunityPresidentRecordsEconomicPositionSpeechNewsWeaknessDemocratUniversityAppealsCriticizePresident ObamaFoxesRivalsCablesNotableRatingFox NewsCable NewsNorthwesternNorthwestern University Author:Jonathan S. Tobin
“Hillary Clinton and her husband, the former president, are of course by all measures quite wealthy as well, having earned tens of millions of dollars in book royalties and speaking fees in recent years. Which is why in speeches, she leans heavily on her family history.” YearsWellsBookCoursesPresidentMillionsHusbandSpeechDollarsClintonFormerWealthyRoyaltyFeesFamily History Author:Tamara Keith
“If you can't stay focused enough to focus on what people out there actually care about, their own lives, their healthcare, their education for their children, businesses that they can build, if you can stay focused enough to put that in your speech, you can't be president.” PeopleIfsChildrenEnoughCarePresidentFocusSpeechFocusedHealthcareStay Focused Author:Star Jones
“[Larry Kramer] got really mad at me once. The precipitating incident was a speech at Yale by the first President Bush's Secretary of Heath and Human Services, Louis Sullivan, against which Larry led a demonstration. He got the demonstrators to drown out Sullivan's speech, which wasn't allowed.” FirstsHumansPresidentSpeechMadSecretaryIncidentsPresident BushDemonstrationLarryYaleKramerHuman Service Author:Kevin Sessums
“For Democrats who are feeling completely discouraged, I've been trying to remind them, everybody remembers my Boston speech in 2004. They may not remember me showing up here in 2005 when John Kerry had lost a close election, Tom Daschle, the leader of the Senate, had been beaten in an upset. Ken Salazar and I were the only two Democrats that won nationally. Republicans controlled the Senate and the House, and two years later, Democrats were winning back Congress, and four years later I was President of the United States.” TryingYearsMayTwoStatesFeelingsRememberHouseWinningLostPresidentUnitedLeaderUnited StatesFourRepublicanSpeechElectionDemocratCongressUpsetTwo YearsControlledFour YearsSenateTomsBeatenBostonDiscouragedShowing UpRemember MeJohn Kerry Author:Barack Obama
“My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” InspirationalCountryStatesPoliticalAsksPoliticsPeacePresidentCan DoInspiringResponsibilityHistoryPoliticianSpeechFellowsPresidentialPatriotismPatrioticAmerican HistoryPatriotUnited States Of AmericaPersonal ResponsibilityUsefulnessMemorial DayAmerican CitizensIndependence DayGood CitizenElection DayInaugurationInspirational MilitaryAmerican PatrioticInauguralUs PresidentGreat PatrioticInaugural AddressAmerican PatriotismAmerican PatriotGreat PresidentsMemorial Day PoemsIndependence Day PatrioticPatriotism And NationalismPatriotism In AmericaMemorial Day RemembranceAmerican FreedomHappy Independence Day UsaHonoring Veterans Memorial DayHappy Memorial DayInspirational PatrioticHappy Independence DayHonoring Memorial DayMemorial Day HeroesInaugural SpeechIndia Independence DayUs PresidentialIndian Independence DayInspirational PresidentialGreat Memorial DayGood CitizenshipProfiles In CourageMemorial Day MessagesMilitary MemorialMemorial WeekendMemorial Day Thank YouMemorial Day WeekendIndian PatrioticMemorial Day SoldiersMost Patriotic Author:John F. Kennedy
“I don't care if Trump has $100 billion. He's earned it. He's had a job. There are ways you can track what he has earned. The Clintons don't want to admit how they've earned their money. They love to brag about their wealth, but how did they get it? Making speeches, $750,000 for one speech from a firm that now has close ties with Mrs. Clinton as a secretary of state and potentially as president? It's $750,000 for one speech.” IfsWayWantStatesCareJobsPresidentWealthTrumpSpeechClintonTrackDon't CareBillionsI Don't CareFirmTiesSecretaryBrag Author:Rush Limbaugh
“There are systemic, painful problems of globalization and de-industrialization that cannot be solved with a phone call or a tweet or an angry speech or trying to isolate the press and the first amendment. Sooner or later, the Donald Trump show, which is a projection of strength and authority, will have to deliver to his voters. And if he doesn't, in very real terms, if he can't supersede a situation where a president cut the unemployment rate in half, if he can't do better, if he can't open factories and all the rest that he's promised, then I think he's in trouble.” IfsThinkingTryingFirstsRealShowsProblemPresidentTermHalfSituationCuttingTroubleTrumpSpeechAuthorityAngryPressesRatePhonesPainfulVotersFactoriesAmendmentsSooner Or LaterUnemploymentGlobalizationProjectionFirst AmendmentTweetPhone CallsIndustrializationUnemployment Rate Author:David Remnick
“I would like people to remember that I kept the peace when I was president and I worked for peace, that I espoused human rights in its broadest definition, not only freedom of speech but freedom of assembly, freedom of worship and trial by jury but also the right of people for people to have a decent home to live, food to eat, employment, healthcare, self respect, dignity. So I think the broad gamut of human rights, peace and freedom. I would like to be remembered for those things to the degree that I deserve it and I still have a long way to go.” PeopleThinkingWayHumansLongStillsSelfHomeRememberPresidentRightsSpeechDegreesWorshipDeserveDignityHuman RightsDefinitionsTrialsEmploymentRememberedDecentSelf RespectBroadsHealthcareFreedom Of SpeechLong WayJuryAssemblyLong Way To GoTrial By JuryFreedom Of Assembly Author:Jimmy Carter
“The President [Barack Obama] is very focused on [healthcare]. He, of course, is also writing this speech at high speed. And right coming up until the speech, he is convinced that a full plan, letter and verse of what the administration wants, will be released.” WantWritingCoursesPresidentPlansSpeechLettersFocusedSpeedConvincedAdministrationBarackHealthcareVersesPresident Barack ObamaHigh Speed Author:Ron Suskind
“The message that President Obama delivered in his speech at Notre Dame was: morality is immoral. Pro-life is the extremist position, not a moral position. Yet we should compromise and work to reduce abortions. Where's the compromise between life and death - and why work to reduce the number of them occurring if there's nothing wrong with them?” IfsShouldLife IsPresidentNumbersMoralPositionMoralitySpeechMessagesCompromiseAbortionLife And DeathPresident ObamaImmoralExtremistPro LifeDamesNotre DameBetween Life And Death Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Obama has been perhaps the most partisan President since Truman. He hasn't learned to be civil - note his insulting speech to Paul Ryan, who did us the courtesy of scoring a budget. The president has to talk to Republicans when it comes to the debt ceiling. He has reached the debt ceiling before anyone expected.” Has BeensPresidentRepublicanSpeechNotesDebtExpectedBudgetsCourtesyCeilingsInsultingPartisansTrumanDebt Ceiling Author:Grover Norquist
“America needs jobs, smaller government, less spending and a president with the courage to offer more than yet another speech.” NeedsGovernmentJobsAmericaPresidentOffersSpeechSpendingSmaller Government Author:Rick Perry
“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” GovernmentWould BePresidentHistoryTearsWallColdSpeechEuropeMeetingsConservativeCommunismPresidentialMemorableSovietAmerican HistoryUnited States Of AmericaCold WarSoviet UnionAmerican PoliticsBerlinGreat AmericanFamous WomenAmerican GovernmentAmerican PresidentEastern EuropeUs PresidentPresidents DayBerlin WallQuipGreat PresidentsGorbachevGreat PoliticalPolitical HistoryUs PresidentialModern EraInspirational PresidentialAmerican WarBlockadesGreat ConservativeLast StandGreatest Political Author:Ronald Reagan
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” InspirationalWould BeFearPresidentLeadershipWorrySelf EsteemSpeechGiving UpOvercomingFearlessPresidentialBullyingFearfulAmerican HistoryUnited States Of AmericaPresidencyAmerican PoliticsOvercoming FearFearlessnessBreast CancerFamous InspirationalNamelessGreatest FearAmerican PresidentFear Of LoveFear And CourageInaugurationFear NothingFace Your FearsFear CourageInauguralUs PresidentLove And FearFears Of LifeOvalInaugural AddressFacing FearPresidents DayFear Of The UnknownConquering FearGreat PresidentsFear NoneWorry And FearUnjustifiedConquer Your FearsWorry FearAnxiety And FearInaugural SpeechUs PresidentialHate And FearInspirational PresidentialInspiring PresidentialIgnorance And FearPower And FearFear MongeringHealthy Fear Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“The President didn't offer any clarity in his latest speech about what he would do to tackle our nation's debt before it tackles us and it's still not clear how he'll keep Medicare from going bankrupt. One thing is clear though, Barack Obama isn't interested in governing or putting forward solutions to fix our nation's problems.” StillsProblemNationsPresidentClearOne ThingOffersSpeechSolutionsDebtClarityBarackGoverningMedicare Author:Paul Ryan
“Today it is becoming harder to speak out, with the inception of the Patriot Act, the president has legislated free speech to be a crime.” TodaySpeakPresidentCrimeBecomingSpeechHarderFree SpeechPatriotSpeaks OutPatriot ActInceptionUsa Patriot Act Author:Frank Serpico
“I say let's go back to a truer use of the word 'freedom.' Let's start with President Franklin Roosevelt's Four Freedoms: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear. I would add the freedom to bargain collectively. Those freedoms are under attack today.” WantUseTodayPresidentFourExpressionSpeechWorshipAddFreedom Of SpeechBargainsFranklinFreedom Of Speech And Expression Author:Richard Trumka
“A lot of people have said to me, 'That's a great idea, running for president. You'll get booked for more speeches. You can write a book.'” PeopleWritingSaidBookIdeasRunningPresidentSpeechGreat Idea Author:John Bolton
“For the first time since 2007 there is political momentum behind fixing the immigration system. President Obama in his State of the Union speech reached out to the right-wing by saying illegal immigrants seeking citizenship will have to pay taxes, learn English and get in line behind people who are trying to enter the United States. legally.” PeopleTryingFirstsStatesPoliticalPresidentLinesUnitedPayBehindsUnited StatesTaxesSpeechFirst TimeWingsUnionsSeekingImmigrationImmigrantsIllegalPresident ObamaCitizenshipMomentumRight WingFixingIllegal Immigrants Author:Juan Williams
“I don't want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He's a much better speech maker than I am. But I think always to tell the truth in a sometimes blatant way, even though it might be temporarily unpopular, is the best approach.” ThinkingWayWantSometimesMightPresidentSpeechApproachTelling The TruthMakersPresident Obama Author:Jimmy Carter