Speak Standard English

Famous quotes containing the words speak, standard and/or english:

“Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)

“Society’s double behavioral standard for women and for men is, in fact, a more effective deterrent than economic discrimination because it is more insidious, less tangible. Economic disadvantages involve ascertainable amounts, but the very nature of societal value judgments makes them harder to define, their effects harder to relate.”
—Anne Tucker (b. 1945)

“Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.”
—Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)