He has been commenting on the way the citizens of today's Britain speak and write their own language.
In total, 68549 citizens of 53 nationalities, speaking 45 languages.
Almost all citizens speak Spanish as their first language.
In practice, relatively few citizens actually spoke or proposed actions.
Still, some prominent citizens speak out, although within limited circles.
But the board's rules set aside time early in the hearing to allow citizens to speak on both sides of important and controversial questions.
Things have come to a bad pass when two free citizens cannot speak their thoughts to each other.
The whole town came to a hall, citizens spoke their minds, then they counted hands and knew what to do.
It says that "every citizen may freely speak, write and print on any subject."
The citizens are not speaking about all of this.