Speaks Out Quotes - Page 6

• The poet who speaks out of the deepest instincts of man will be heard. The poet who creates a myth beyond the power of man to realize is gagged at the peril of the group that binds him. He is the true revolutionary: he builds a new world.

  Babette Deutsch

  Men, Poetry, World

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• The right to enjoy property without unlawful deprivation, no less that the right to speak out or the right to travel is, in truth, a "personal" right.

  Potter Stewart

  Truth, Law, Justice

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• A man who speaks out honestly and fearlessly that which he knows, and that which he believes, will always enlist the good will and the respect, however much he may fail in winning the assent, of his fellow men.

  Thomas Huxley

  Believe, Winning, Men

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• Once you capitulate to one dictator, does that mean that the next dictator or the next terrorist that says you're not going to make a comedy about - or a film at all about ISIS. All of us in public life have a responsibility right now to speak out and to say, 'No, Sony, you did the wrong thing' and to say to Hollywood, come behind - the other studios should come behind Sony and offer their support.

  Ed Royce

  Life, Mean, Responsibility

  "Washington outraged over Sony decision" by Jeremy Diamond, www.cnn.com. December 19, 2014.

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• These women need to feel that we're all aware of what they may be going through, to give them the confidence to speak out.

  Anna Friel

  Giving, Domestic Violence, May

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• Although I haven't experienced violence in a relationship, I know that two women every week in England and Wales are killed by their partner or ex-partner, and that unless we act now, many more women will die because of domestic violence. We must speak out now against all forms of domestic violence, not only physical abuse but also the emotional, sexual and financial abuse which means that many women are afraid to be at home with their partner.

  Jemma Kidd

  Mean, Home, Emotional

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• Muslims must speak out and explain who they are, what they believe in, what they stand for, what is the meaning of their life. They must have the courage to denounce what is said and done by certain Muslims in the name of their religion.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Believe, Names, Done

  "Living together takes effort" by Tariq Ramadan, www.theguardian.com. July 8, 2005.

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• This is the age of fear and so many of us feel afraid to speak out about what has happened to our lives in the wake of 9/11. Television promotes the world as a scary place for the United States and this justifies peeling away every element of privacy we had before. The media is monopolized so we don't even hear a lot of dissent about this new era.

  Sandra Cisneros

  Media, Scary, Age

  "The Rumpus Interview With Sandra Cisneros". Interview with Olivia, therumpus.net. January 13, 2016.

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• I want to let my fans know that I will not hold myself back anymore. Everybody knows me as "15-Year-Old Little Jessica who was on 'American Idol' and who is this sweet, quiet girl." I am very soft-spoken, but I have gone through numerous experiences, and I want to speak out and tell people what has been going on in my life.

  Jessica Sanchez

  Girl, Sweet, Years

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• When people refuse to speak out for too long, it's like water that's stagnant and starts to rot!

  August Strindberg

  Long, People, Water

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• When the imagination sleeps, words are emptied of their meaning: a deaf population absent-mindedly registers the condemnation of a man. ... there is no other solution but to speak out and show the obscenity hidden under the verbal cloak.

  Albert Camus

  Sleep, Men, Imagination

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

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• The rules of grammar are mere human statutes, which is why when he speaks out of the possessed the Devil himself speaks bad Latin.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Latin, Devil, Grammar

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• Winning means some kind of approval of the Establishment which means people will more readily accept me, may be less frightened of me and other people who speak out.

  Jane Fonda

  Mean, Winning, People

  "The Reading Eagle" Newspaper, April 16, 1972.

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• In the 'west' success is defined in purely material terms. He with the most money wins... We should question, speak out and work for a better society with a whole different definition of what is deemed a successful artistic life.

  Mark A. Brennan

  Success, Winning, Artistic Life

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• We must know what we think and speak out, even at the risk of unpopularity.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Thinking, Risk, Knows

  "Tomorrow Is Now" by Eleanor Roosevelt, (pp. 119-120), 1963.

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• We cannot simply speak out against an escalation of troops in Iraq, we must act to prevent it... There can be no doubt that the Constitution gives Congress the authority to decide whether to fund military action, and Congress can demand a justification from the president for such action before it appropriates the funds to carry it out.

  Edward Kennedy

  Military, Iraq, Giving

  "Official: First wave of troops to Iraq by Jan. 30". www.nbcnews.com. January 9, 2007.

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• Americans have called on moderates in Muslim countries to speak out against extremists, to stand up for the tolerance they say they believe in. We should all have the guts do the same at home.

  Nicholas D. Kristof

  Country, Believe, Home

  "America’s History of Fear" by Nicholas D. Kristof, www.nytimes.com. September 4, 2010.

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• Many with careers in the art world are intimidated, and afraid to speak out against the gospels of Modernist theory.

  Kara Ross

  Art, Careers, World

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• The foolish wish to speak out what was spoken in secret by the master.

  Chanakya

  Political, Secret, Wish

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• Chankaya is referring there to the probibition of entry of the untrustworthy in the counsel-room. Disloyal persons foolishly speak out the secrets of the counsel not knowing the harmful effects of the same. Disclosing the secrets of the counsel mars the welfare of the country.

  Chanakya

  Country, Knowing, Political

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• But why shouldn't I speak out? Don't you speak out in this country?

  George Steinbrenner

  Country, Speak, Economy

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• I'm absolute attacking my own instinct for politeness, but I think I admire artists who just speak out or who are strong, so it's very hard.

  Stephen Fry

  Strong, Artist, Thinking

  Big Think Interview, bigthink.com. December 8, 2009.

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• President Bush broke the law and lied to the American people when he unilaterally authorized secret wiretaps of U.S. citizens. But rather than focus on this constitutional crisis, Attorney General Gonzales is cracking down on critics of his friend and boss. Our nation is strengthened, not weakened, by those whistle-blowers who are courageous enough to speak out on violations of the law.

  Anthony Romero

  Law, People, Boss

  "ACLU blasts Justice Dept. leaks probe". Anthony Romero's statement in the American Civil Liberties Union letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, www.upi.com. December 30, 2005.

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• In the Soviet Union you weren't allowed to speak out against the government. In the US you cannot speak out against sponsors.

  Kalle Lasn

  Government, Unions, Sponsors

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• Freedom of speech means nothing to a people who are too weak in their convictions to speak out against the evil that is eating at the heart of the nation like a cancer.

  Billy Graham

  Cancer, Heart, Mean

  Billy Graham (1966). “The Quotable Billy Graham”

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