Speaking truth to power

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

by Jan Arriens 28th September 2012

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.