Speak

Famous quotes containing the word speak:

“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)

“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)

“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)