I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being the president. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation.
—George W. Bush
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
—Plato
Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
—Arab Proverb
Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.
—Bob Marley
Thought is the fountain of speech.
—Chrysippus
Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
—Chuang Tzu
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
—Demosthenes
What this country needs is more free speech worth listening to.
—Hansell B. Duckett
Readiness of speech is often inability to hold the tongue.
—Jean Baptiste Rousseau
Be a craftsman in speech that thou mayest be strong, for the strength of one is the tongue, and speech is mightier than all fighting.
—Maxims of Ptahhotep
Do not fight verbosity with words: speech is given to all, intelligence to few.
—Moralia
Tears at times have all the weight of speech.
—Ovid
Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he.
—Publilius Syrus
In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
—Pythagoras
Speech is the mirror of the mind.
(Imago Animi Sermo Est)
—Seneca