None of us speaks for a moment.
But Mr Tancredo speaks for a sizeable portion of the Republican base.
She speaks for a lot of mothers who feel guilty about their imperfections.
Yet for all that, he speaks for a section of American political life that needs enlarging.
George, in other words, speaks for a sizable number of conscientious objectors to America's ruling liberal secularism.
The reaction of CNNMoney's Paul LaMonica probably speaks for a lot of people: "The SEC showed some major teeth Friday.
For [rude word]'s sake, run him out and drag Pietersen's ass in there!" Peter Leijsten speaks for a nation.
The university speaks for a small and diminishing force within American Protestantism and, by extension, within American society generally.
Mr. Vallone, himself a former mayoral candidate, speaks for a large swath of middle-class white voters.
While Mr Farage undoubtedly speaks for a minority, more voters tell pollsters they dislike Ukip than any other party.
Although a practising Catholic, Matteo Renzi, the 40-year-old prime minister, speaks for a younger and less clerically-minded generation of Italians.
