Speak Truth Quotes

30 quotes by 27 authors

If I had to reduce the responsibilities of a good follower to a single rule, it would be to speak truth to power. — Warren G. Bennis
Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Said he - That when they speak truth they are not believed. — Diogenes
It is an author's most solemn obligation to honor truth. If the free and independent writer does not speak truth to power, who will? — Edward Abbey
It's very, very hard to speak truth to power when the truth is unpleasant. I think it's one of the toughest things especially a young… — David Gergen
Habitual liars invent falsehoods not to gain any end or even to deceive their hearers, but to amuse themselves. It is partly practice and partly… — William Hazlitt
In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it; for no species… — Samuel Johnson
When we speak truth to power we are ignored at best and brutally suppressed at worst — Jeremy Hammond
Speak kind words to mankind and the unkind will attack you. Speak common sense using all your senses, and you will attacked by the senseless.… — Suzy Kassem
If we dealt only with the false and dishonest, we should at last forget how to speak truth. — Henry David Thoreau
Truth! why shall every wretch of letters Dare to speak truth against his betters! Let ragged virtue stand aloof, Nor mutter accents of reproof; Let… — Charles Churchill
John Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath' also speaks urgently to today's concerns: the cratered trail of dreams for Mexican immigrants seeking a promised land in… — Richard Corliss
Leaders speak truth into people who believe lies about themselves. — Orrin Woodward
The role of the intellectual, so it is said, is to speak truth to power. Noam Chomsky has dismissed this pious tag on two grounds.… — Terry Eagleton
I think public intellectuals have a responsibility - to be self-critical on the one hand, to do serious, nuanced work rigorously executed; but to also… — Michael Eric Dyson
The one thing I have never been afraid of is standing before important people and speaking my mind. I represent women who may never have… — Leymah Gbowee
Eyes blinded by the fog of things cannot see truth. Ears deafened by the din of things cannot hear truth. Brains bewildered by the whirl… — Harold Bell Wright
We are children, perhaps, at the very moment when we know that it is as children that God loves us - not because we have… — Frederick Buechner
Truth is dangerous. It topples palaces and kills kings. It stirs gentle men to rage and bids them take up arms. It wakes old grievances… — Frances Hardinge
In order that all men might be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it. — Samuel Johnson
The job of the press is to speak truth to power. And yet, for doing our job, we are persecuted. I say that these aggressive… — Sara Harrison

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