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title: "5 Speaking-truth-to-power Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [“Patriotism is a fierce love for the nation’s soul - its land, its people, its core, coupled with a burning contempt for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/njau-kihia/patriotism-is-a-fierce-love-for-the-nation-s-soul-its-land-its-people/)

[Njau Kihia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/njau-kihia/)

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> [“These days, a sling of truth, still can make Goliath fall.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-althouse/these-days-a-sling-of-truth-still-can-make-goliath-fall/)

[Tom Althouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-althouse/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/tom-althouse-11052_courage_these-days-a-sling-of-truth-still-can-ma_586809.jpg)

> [“To say nothing is saying something. You must denounce things you are against or one might believe that you support things you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/germany-kent/to-say-nothing-is-saying-something-you-must-denounce-things-you-are/)

[Germany Kent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/germany-kent/)

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> [“Poetry empowers the simplest of lives to confront the most extreme sorrows with courage, and motivates the mightiest of offices to humbly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aberjhani/poetry-empowers-the-simplest-of-lives-to-confront-the-most-extreme/)

[Aberjhani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aberjhani/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66a/aberjhani-1814_advocate-for-compass_poetry-empowers-the-simplest-of-lives-to_1327603.png)

> [“It can be difficult to speak truth to power. Circumstances, however, have made doing so increasingly necessary.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aberjhani/it-can-be-difficult-to-speak-truth-to-power-circumstances-however/)

[Aberjhani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aberjhani/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e53/aberjhani-1814_adapting-to-change_it-can-be-difficult-to-speak-truth-to-po_2013630.png)

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