Quotes About Speaking Truth To Power

#1. I will never shrink from speaking truth to power,

Elizabeth May

#2. I think there's a real hunger for people speaking truth to power. Like, there's a little minority now that's saying you sounded like an asshole and a whiner. But that's just the player-hating fringe. I wouldn't worry about it.

Jonathan Franzen

#3. Not many people were speaking truth to power in the '80s. I had a really good time doing it - I found it gratifying. It was a joy to have an opportunity to say what you believed. It's challenging to do it in fiction, but I liked writing the novels. I liked writing 'Democracy' particularly.

Joan Didion

#4. You will gain energy by meditating deeply, by speaking the truth, by learning to be still and by avoiding the crowd, most of the time, not all of the time.

Frederick Lenz

#5. It was actually my older brother who wanted to start acting. He would point at the TV as a kid and tell my mom he wanted to do it, and he would act his favorite scenes from 'Home Alone.'

Kevin Schmidt

#6. Don't Ignore Silence Cause It Has A Sound. When It Starts Speaking, Its Louder Than Thousand Volcanoes ...

Muhammad Imran Hasan

#7. The key to The Doors is the culture behind the myth.

Iggy Pop

#8. There is great power in our words, because they
are thoughts to which we have given additional energy by speaking them aloud so another person can know them.

Molly Friedenfeld

#9. One of the flabby lines you hear sometimes is, 'Speak truth to power'. Power knows the truth. It's speaking the truth to yourself that's the challenge.

Barry Sanders

#10. I call on the international community to be fair to the Iraqi people. My position is that we respect international resolutions but in return demand justice and accountability for those who stole Iraq's money.

Ahmed Chalabi

#11. In reality, infinity is merely the distance to the heart of a stranger. Eternity is the moment of cognition.

Yehudi Menuhin

#12. Speaking out takes courage, but fear can make a compelling argument. I'm not saying it will be easy, but telling the truth gives you power...It sets you free.

Katie McGarry

#13. He's going to summon up one of the Elder Klansmen.

Matt Ruff

#14. 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 the opportunity to go to the UN or meet with a president. I'm never afraid to speak truth to power.

Leymah Gbowee

#15. From five o'clock to eight is on certain occasions a little eternity; but on such an occasion as this the interval could be only an eternity of pleasure.

Henry James

#16. In Buddhism there are words you can say ... as you say the words with rhythm the conscious tells the subconscious.

Tina Turner

#17. The difference between screwing around and science is writing it down.

Adam Savage

#18. When the president decides that he knows better than you know what's good for you or your family, we've got trouble in this country.

John Barrasso