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The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.


Jane Goodall

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JANE GOODALL I may win or lose this election, but I'll speak for those who can't speak for themselves and I will ...
FREDDY FERRER I willingly speak to those who know, but for those who do not know I forget.
AESCHYLUS Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.
LAO TZU I met Jane Goodall and she suggested it.
DAN WESTFALL We speak for those who cannot speak. We have a duty to tell the stories for those who do not have th...
BILLY MARSHALL STONEKING Watch out for the dream killer or those who try to speak against what God has said. I make no apolog...
ARTHLENE LAUDAT LAWRENCE We will speak for the books."
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"Like the Lorax?"
"The Lorax speaks for the trees,"...
PAUL ACAMPORA We want to help Odessa succeed. Our intent is to educate people, not so they can speak for us, but s...
MARIO CONTRERAS The fact speak for themselves.
DEMOSTHENES I can't think of a greater privilege than to speak out with legislation for people that can'...
ANDER CRENSHAW Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from...
THOMAS SOWELL Facts do not "speak for themselves." They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced ...
THOMAS SOWELL I just let my actions speak for themselves. I let my game do my talking.
JAKE WEST ...for who can speak of the Mazes of the Serpent to those who are not lost in them?
PETER ACKROYD In general, I enjoy athletes who have a strong character who let their abilities speak for themselve...
ERIC HEIDEN The numbers speak for themselves. And the numbers speak in a very good way.
DANTE SCALA We need someone who is going to stand up, speak up, and speak out for the people who need help, for ...
JOHN LEWIS I prefer to leave the paintings to speak for themselves.
BARNETT NEWMAN For those who care about the poor, it is time to step up, speak out and join this national discussio...
ANDREW YOUNG The living owe it to those who no longer can speak to tell their story for them.
CZESłAW MIłOSZ Those who can't speak join Toastmasters; Those who can also join.
GREG GAZIN Those who always speak well of women do not know them sufficiently; those who always speak ill of th...
GUILLAUME PIGUALT-LEBRUN Facts do not 'speak for themselves', they are read in the light of theory
STEPHEN JAY GOULD The achievements speak for themselves, all too eloquently.
MARC ABRAHAMS Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves.
JULIA MORGAN I don't speak negatively and I don't listen to those who do.
RON LUCE They (children) often can't speak for themselves.
JEANNE MARSH He who cannot keep silence cannot speak
SWEDISH PROVERB The fact, if they are there, speak for themselves.
DAVID SEABURY The world does not speak. Only we do. The world can, once we have programmed ourselves with a langua...
RICHARD RORTY I think you can check out 'Monday Night Raw' and watch any 'U.S. Open Challenge,' an...
JOHN CENA [Speak softly]Those who cannot hear an angry shout may strain to hear a whisper.
LEONARD NIMOY I do not speak of what I cannot praise.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Those who want to learn, listen. Those who do not want to think, speak.
DEBASISH MRIDHA M.D. I can speak French but I cannot understand it.
MARK TWAIN There are literary works that speak for themselves and there are writers who boast through work.
DEJAN STOJANOVIC Speaking at a very loud volume has an impact on those who cannot speak so loudly.
NICK NYHART I think he did a very good job, and the results speak for themselves.
COLIN MCGRANAHAN When the votes come in, the results will speak for themselves.
BOB BOUGHNER The man who can speak acceptably is usually given credit for an ability out of all proportion to wha...
LOWELL THOMAS I am the Democratic Party's candidate for president who happens also to be a Catholic. I do not ...
JOHN F. KENNEDY What really matters is who you are when you step on the field, and I will let my bat and my glove sp...
PABLO SANDOVAL We are the voice of wildlife. They can't speak for themselves.
BRUCE MCCLOSKEY As a follower of Jesus, I am called to work for justice and reconciliation, and to be an advocate fo...
FRANK WOLF Our own court filings on this matter speak for themselves.
CHRIS WINANS It is so difficult - at least, I find it difficult - to understand people who speak the truth.
E.M. FORSTER In the Soviet Union you weren’t allowed to speak out against the government. In the US you cannot ...
KALLE LASN He who does not have the courage to speak up for his rights cannot earn the respect of others.
REN He who does not have the courage to speak up for his rights cannot earn the respect of others.
RENé G. TORRES The facts will speak for themselves. Credit them or not, but read!
RALPH CHAPLIN First they came for the Communists but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came ...
MARTIN NIEMOELLER First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.
ORHAN PAMUK There are those who speak and those who dream.
DEJAN STOJANOVIC (A)t least simulated vulnerability is bearable/for those/who cannot/withstand unreasonable tendernes...
CHELSEY MINNIS Guy's record of public service and his achievements speak for themselves.
DICK SKRINJAR 'Never again' is the rallying cry for all who believe that mankind must speak out against genocide.
JON CORZINE Indonesia's trials for crimes in East Timor speak for themselves: The process was a sham.
BRAD ADAMS I speak my own sins; I cannot judge another. I have no tongue for it.
ARTHUR MILLER If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers.
EDWARD F. HALIFAX If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers.
SIR GEORGE SAVILE If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers
GEORGE SAVILE In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one...
RICHARD M. NIXON The capabilities of the satellite speak for themselves. I do not need to say anything about what the...
SHIMON ECKHAUS He whose hands are clean does not like to hold an office; he who desires nothing cares not for bodil...
CHANAKYA The main reason I say those racy or thought-provoking perspectives (is) I'm trying to provoke my stu...
JAY BENNISH I can speak for any player,'' Bryant said.
ANDRA DAVIS Wayne's qualifications and his ability to perform this job speak for themselves,
BILL GERSTENMAIER I stand firm that I believe the numbers speak for themselves in terms of all that we've done,
PAUL RAND Do not find peace. Find passion. Find something you want to die for more than something you want to ...
MICHELLE HODKIN Who will speak for Planet Earth?
DR. CARL SAGAN Try to make at least one person happy every day. If you cannot do a kind deed, speak a kind word. If...
LAWRENCE G. LOVASIK Letting the facts speak for themselves is an immoral principle when we all know that facts and figur...
PATRICK KAVANAGH The purpose of influence is to "speak up for those who have no influence." (Pr.31:8) It's not about ...
RICK WARREN I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees for the trees have no tongues.
DR. SEUSS For people who do not have a union on the job, we provide a way for people to speak out on issues th...
KAREN NUSSBAUM I've given up trying to reassure them. I'll let the numbers speak for themselves.
JOHN ANTIOCO Do not Speak for Anyone.
Just let them know their Right to Speak.
VINEET RAJ KAPOOR I know it really sounds cheesy, but I did feel a duty to try to tell the stories of people who could...
ADAM JOHNSON In my opinion, anyone who claims to speak for God is probably talking out of the wrong end, anyway.
MARTHA BROCKENBROUGH 'Never again' is the rallying cry for all who believe that mankind must speak out against ge...
JON CORZINE I get stopped by people on the Upper West Side of Manhattan - actors, directors, people that I rever...
ANDREW BREITBART Yes, you can make a difference! You can speak on behalf of those who are voiceless.
E.N. SUPEN, TURNING POINT Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.
HERMANN HESSE The dead could not speak against the war from Vietnam. Who to speak for them if not Kerry?
JOE FINAN Do not speak harshly to any one; those who are spoken to will answer thee in the same way. Angry spe...
BUDDHA People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.
CONFUCIUS I think everybody knows, at least everybody who is on the bubble, so to speak. All you can do is do ...
CHARLIE ADAMS Who knows but that, on the lower frequencies, I speak for you?
RALPH ELLISON Speak of your circumstance without articulation for he who is eager to help can simply read between ...
JECON B. NADELA People can say whatever they want to say, but the facts speak for themselves, ... When it comes to n...
TIM BROSNAN First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist. MARTIN NIEMOLLER You can never escape who you are, never truly anonymise yourself. Even if you never speak to anyone,...
GREG BAXTER We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.
VOLTAIRE We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.
VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) I can't speak for all women, but I do think that... I mean, me and my girlfriends, we definitely...
HELEN SLATER People need to speak out about their feelings to those of us who are in denial,
ERIC LOVE Animals speak but only to those who listen!
SUPERNA BATHEJA I can speak Esperanto like a native.
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JANE AUSTEN Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection.
JANE AUSTEN I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is to...
JANE AUSTEN There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, whic...
JANE AUSTEN Somewhere a bird sang, its chant hanging plaintive and melancholy in the still air...I think it's a ...
JANE JOHNSON We are all fools in love
JANE AUSTEN ....how good Mrs. West could have written such books and collected so many hard works, with all her ...
JANE AUSTEN What should I do with your strong, manly, spirited sketches, full of variety and glow? How could I p...
JANE AUSTEN Here I am once more in this scene of dissipation and vice, and I begin already to find my morals cor...
JANE AUSTEN Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. — It is not fair. — He has f...
JANE AUSTEN I cannot help thinking that it is more natural to have flowers grow out of the head than fruit.
JANE AUSTEN If I am a wild Beast I cannot help it. It is not my own fault.
JANE AUSTEN