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. For one thing, power knows the truth already; it is just busy trying to conceal it. For another, it is not those in power who need the truth, but those they oppress.
Speak
Speak low, if you speak love.
Speak low, if you speak love.
William Shakespeare
I would prefer to just continue to speak about truth and to speak about what makes sense.
I would prefer to just continue to speak about truth and to speak about what makes sense.
When I speak, I speak facts, and if you're getting mad, it's because you know it's the truth.
When I speak, I speak facts, and if you’re getting mad, it’s because you know it’s the truth.
To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.
To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.
Rabindranath Tagore
In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
Sports is like rock 'n' roll. Both are dominant cultural forces, both speak an international language, and both are all about emotions.
Sports is like rock ‘n’ roll. Both are dominant cultural forces, both speak an international language, and both are all about emotions.
The body is a universal language. Because if you spoke French, and I speak English, but I move like this or do certain movements, I can still make you smile and laugh.
The body is a universal language. Because if you spoke French, and I speak English, but I move like this or do certain movements, I can still make you smile and laugh.