Speaks Out Quotes - Page 11

• When silence or tricks of language contribute to maintaining an abuse that must be reformed or a suffering that can be relieved, then there is no other solution but to speak out and show the obscenity hidden under the verbal cloak.

  Albert Camus

  Silence, Abuse, Suffering

  Albert Camus (2012). “Resistance, Rebellion, and Death: Essays”, p.177, Vintage

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• One has to speak out and stand up for one's convictions. Inaction at a time of conflagration is inexcusable.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Speak, Conviction, Inaction

  Mahatma Gandhi (1981). “Collected Works”

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• Better to remain silent and thought a fool, than to speak out and confirm that you didn't do the assigned readings before the strategic planning retreat.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Reading, Fool, Retreat

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• Everyone's gotta have a voice, to be able to speak out. Left supresses right, right supresses left, and what's left and what's right? You know? It's America. You gotta be able to speak out. That's why people came here from all over the world: to have a fair shake. Not more than somebody else - the same.

  Cyndi Lauper

  Voice, America, People

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• The officers do not beat the men; the officers and men receive equal treatment. Soldiers are free to hold meetings and speak out. Trivial formalities have been done away with and the accounts are open for all to inspect.

  Mao Zedong

  Men, Soldier, Done

  Mao Zedong (2017). “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (The Little Red Book) & Other Works”, p.84, Lulu.com

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