He opened it by telling the children: "The prisons in our country are filled with people who can't read or write or speak well.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

It is written the way people speak, in a casual,relaxed language.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

"We need a voice and we need somebody to speak for us and rise above partisan politics, just go to the people."

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

After all it's very easy to defend the rights for people to speak who you agree with.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says the president will speak directly to the American people about his vision for health care reform.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

Mr.Mousavi remains under a virtual house-arrest and has been prevented from using either government TV or the local press to speak to the Iranian people.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

Three years ago a group of interfaith activists began to hold monthly vigils at the Sudanese Embassy in Washington to speak up for the people of Darfur.

VOA: standard.2010.05.23

"Our motives were the right ones. Other people must speak for themselves.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

It was not Frost, for on my Flesh I felt Siroccos- crawl- "That poem and that grammatical structure, it is classically the way people in Ireland speak English."

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

In his Cairo address, President Obama pledged to support governments that protect the rights of people to speak their minds and have a say in how they are governed, that respect the rule of law and the equal administration of justice, that are transparent and don't steal from the people.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

No,it's not going to be that. But it does need to basically provide the common talking points so that allied leaders, allied presidents and prime ministers, have on one sheet of paper,one page, a set of common talking points that they can speak from to their people to explain why the alliance matters.

VOA: standard.2010.06.11