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Speech

(noun) The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the ability to speak or to use vocalizations to communicate. Example: "It was hard to hear the sounds of his speech over the noise. He had a bad speech impediment."

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"The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions."
— Confucius
"My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth."
— Socrates
"A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity."
— Gautama Buddha
"If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."
— George Washington
"Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts."
— Voltaire
"I have never regretted my silence, as for my speech I've regretted it many times."
— Anand Thakur
"The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech."
— George Bernard Shaw
"Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech."
— Benjamin Franklin
"Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen."
— Bob Marley

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