Famous Quotes & Sayings

Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a socialist.

Theodore Hesburgh

Anyone who refuses to speak out off campus does not deserve to be listened to on campus.

Hector Elizondo

I love Russian, because it's delicious to speak like that. If you have to speak French, you can also do that, because it's not difficult. Accents are a cool thing to do. And I love doing them.

James Russell Lowell

There are two kinds of genius. The first and highest may be said to speak out of the eternal to the present, and must compel its age to understand it; the second understands its age, and tells it what it wishes to be told.

It really speaks a lot about them and their willingness to compete.

Rachel Carson

Knowing what I do, there would be no future peace for me if I kept silent... It is, in the deepest sense, a privilege as well as a duty to speak out to many thousands of people...

Stephen Stills

Speak out. You've got to speak out against the madness

Tahar Ben Jelloun

We must have our say, not through violence, aggression or fear. We must speak out calmly and forcefully. We shall only be able to enter the new world era if we agree to engage in dialogue with the other side.

Tahar Ben Jelloun

We do not have many intellectuals who can speak out for us internationally. We have no writers who are recognized, respected and loved outside the Arab world.

Tariq Ramadan

If people who cherish freedom, who know the importance of mutual respect and are aware of the imperative necessity to establish a constructive and critical debate, if these people are not ready to speak out, to be more committed and visible, then we can expect sad, painful tomorrows. The choice is ours.

There is nothing I could tell the shareholders ... In this industry, everyone speaks with everyone else, but there were no takeover discussions.

William Stafford

The world speaks everything to us. It is our only friend.

Robert Byrd

To the American people I say, awaken to what is happening. It is the duty of each citizen to be vigilant, to protect liberty, to speak out, left and right and disagree lest be trampled underfoot by misguided zealotry and extreme partisanship.

Jerry Greenfield

I like that Ben & Jerry's is willing to speak out about social and political issues that aren't always safe - but are the right thing to do.

Jim Hightower

If you don't speak out when it matters, when would it matter to speak out?

Howard Zinn

When we organize with one another, when we get involved, when we stand up and speak out together, we can create a power no government can suppress.

Frank R. Wolf

Scripture makes it clear to me that there is an obligation to speak out on behalf of those being persecuted.

Frank Serpico

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.

Gene Robinson

I will always speak out when someone says that a principle or a rule or a tradition trumps people.

Fannie Lou Hamer

When I liberate myself, I liberate others. If you don't speak out ain't nobody going to speak out for you.

Francis Collins

I've never heard God speak out loud to me. That's not an experience I have had.

Michael Redd

It speaks a lot about our team, because we've been up and down all year long.

It's my first time to see him in person. I'm going to take some of what he speaks about and try to put it in my game.

That speaks well of the team. But we still have a lot of work to do.

Ethel Kennedy

If you see something wrong, if you speak out...you can change it.

Friedrich Nietzsche

All names of good and evil are images; they do not speak out, they only hint. He is a fool who seeks knowledge from them.

He's got a personality that, sometimes, he speaks his mind. And, sometimes, it doesn't come out right.

Helen Prejean

I realize that I cannot stand by silently as my government executes its citizens. If I do not speak out and resist, I am an accomplice.

Mahatma Gandhi

One has to speak out and stand up for one's convictions. Inaction at a time of conflagration is inexcusable.

(The hype) speaks for itself. It's a big game, and we're going to be prepared.

Sean Connery

I unfortunately don't speak French, but my wife is now fluent in English, which really reflects rather badly on me.

Lady Gaga

The Monster Ball is by nature a protest: A youth church experience to speak out and celebrate against all forms of discrimination + prejudice.

Juliette Binoche

Some words, you know, it's amazing but some words would come only in French, and when I speak French, it would only come in English. And so the adjustment is very difficult sometimes.