Speak

Famous quotes containing the word speak:

“Language has not the power to speak what love indites:
The Soul lies buried in the ink that writes.”
—John Clare (1793–1864)

“I speak truth, not my belly-full, but as much as I dare; and I dare the more the more I grow into years.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

“It is only when we speak what is right that we stand a chance at night of being blown to bits in our homes. Can we call this a free country, when I am afraid to go to sleep in my own home in Mississippi?... I might not live two hours after I get back home, but I want to be a part of setting the Negro free in Mississippi.”
—Fannie Lou Hamer (1917–1977)