Speaking truth to power

Jan Arriens is inspired by the Quaker quote 'speak truth to power'

Window at Jordans Meeting House | Photo: Photo: Trish Carn

Speak truth to power  From an American Friends Service Committee pamphlet, 1955 This phrase has become a cliché in the political lexicon – so much so that it is no longer specifically identified with Quakerism. Many Quakers themselves, I suspect, would be unsure whether it is a Quaker phrase or one that we have latched onto because it – well, speaks truth to us.

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