Speak

Famous quotes containing the word speak:

“I shall not be forward to think him mistaken in his method who quickest succeeds to liberate the slave. I speak for the slave when I say that I prefer the philanthropy of Captain Brown to that philanthropy which neither shoots me nor liberates me.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“The surest sign that two people no longer speak the same language is that both say ironic things to one another but that neither senses the irony.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

“I am resolved that I will not through humility become the devil’s attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)