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"First they came for the Communists but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists but I was not one of them, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews but I was not Jewish so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me." »Martin Niemller
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"There are many men whose tongues might govern multitudes if they could govern their tongues." »George D. Prentice
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"Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write much as you would speak; speak as you think. If with your inferior, speak no coarser than usual; if with your superiors, no finer. Be what you say; and, within the rules of prudence, say what you are." »Alford
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"in Germany, they first came for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Catholic. Then they came for me -- and by that time there was nobody left to speak up." »Martin Niemller
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"Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me And why should I not speak to you" »Walt Whitman
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"Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?" »Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
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"For God hates utterly
The bray of bragging tongues." »Sophocles, Antigone
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"For God hates utterly The bray of bragging tongues." »Sophocles
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"We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them." »Cato the Elder
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"We cannot control the evil tongues of others but a good life enables us to disregard them." »Cato the Elder
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"Talking and eloquence are not the same to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks." »Ben Johnson
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"If for a tranquil mind you seek,
These things observe with care:
Of whom you speak, to whom you speak,
And how, and when and where." »Anonymous
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"If for a tranquil mind you seek, These things observe with care Of whom you speak, to whom you speak, And how, and when and where." »Anonymous
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"Talking and eloquence are not the same thing: to speak, and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks." »Ben Johnson, Timber; or, Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter
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"I resolve to speak ill of no man whatever, not even in a matter of truth but rather by some means excuse the faults I hear charged upon others, and upon proper occasions speak all the good I know of everybody." »Benjamin Franklin
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"Use no hurtful deceit think innocently and justly and if you speak, speak accordingly." »Benjamin Franklin
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"First think, and if thy thoughts approve thy will, Then speak, and after, what thou speak?st fulfil." »Randolph
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"Prayer gives us the opportunity to speak to GOD, Meditation allows GOD to speak back to us." »Unknown
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"If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it . . . write it in the sand near the water's edge." »Napolean Hill
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"For heaven's sake, all you fool speak not in the name of God, for He has his own tongue to speak!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"And this our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything." »Shakespeare
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"Our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything." »William Shakespeare
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"Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?" »Clarence Darrow
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"It takes two to speak the truth--one to speak and the other to hear." »Henry David Thoreau
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"It takes two to speak truth - One to speak, and another to hear." »Henry David Thoreau
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"speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall." »Oliver Wendell Holmes
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"Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to" »Clarence Darrow
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"I'm bilingual. I speak English and I speak educationese." »Shirley Mount Hufstedler
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"speak clearly, if you speak at all carve every word before you let it fall." »Oliver Wendell Holmes
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"I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak." »Lillian Hellman
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