Behalf Quote by C.E. Morgan

Some people only speak of freedom of speech while they're out of power. Once they're in power, they're ruthless in suppressing the rights of…

— Barack Obama

Before we decide to trust you with this power, we ask you to stand before the public and explain your views. Justice may be…

— Herb Kohl

When we speak truth to power we are ignored at best and brutally suppressed at worst

— Jeremy Hammond

In public speaking, we must appeal either to the prejudices of others, or to the love of truth and justice. If we think merely…

— William Hazlitt

“How can the power of speech remain when you lie for your own ‘safeside’?”

— Dada Bhagwan

If you have only been around people who use power in cruel and petty ways, then when you hear the very word, you may…

— Frederick Lenz

When you have a person in power who punishes people for speaking their mind, it's truly dangerous.

— Tim Robbins

If you're just the person with power, exercising that power fearfully and angrily, you're going to be an operative of injustice and inequality.

— Bryan Stevenson

To speak truth to power is not a particularly honorable vocation. One should seek out an audience that matters - and furthermore (another important…

— Noam Chomsky

When you allow a person's words to upset you, you're giving away your power.

— Phil McGraw

It is our duty never to speak ill of others, you know; least of all when we know that to do so will be…

— George Gissing

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are…

— Jean de la Bruyere