William Golding Quotes

The trouble of the king becomes the trouble of the subject, for how shall we live if judgement is withheld, or if faulty decisions are promulgated?

Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone else's prejudice as a reason for not taking action himself, you see a cog in The Machine that governs us.

There is an unwritten social rule now that you can harangue the wealthy to give money away, but you mustn't ask how the money was made. There are no galas celebrating the money people knew better than to seek. Charity begins after profit.

Apple is to the United States government what Clarence Thomas was to the civil rights coalition. How dare you get this big sidestepping us.

I'm constantly having to check my conscience about what I'm writing and the responsibility of what I'm saying.

Public policy is designed by spin doctors who aim to keep our heads below the water. The public good is not a consideration, and their self-serving agendas prevail over common sense.

Leaders, whether in the public or the private sphere, must understand the responsibilities that come with their role. They are the most visible standard-bearers of their organizations. Holding them accountable to this responsibility protects the promise of our organizations and our communities.

The question is, What type of human do I want to be? How do I want to use my platform? Do I want to be safe, under the umbrella of my white privilege? Or do I want to push back and resist?

The failure to invest in youth reflects a lack of compassion and a colossal failure of common sense.

Jammu is part of the state but the people of Jammu do not face the same kind of difficulties that we face in Kashmir.

Even when we talked about child labor, we were frowned upon. But then you know that you have to speak the truth irrespective of the repercussions.

I don't understand why people who have the most power, say people like Amitabh Bachchan, are silent on most issues.

With great power comes great responsibility. These are platforms with hundreds of millions of people.

If I criticize my country, it is indeed very painful for me. It doesn't make me happy. But, if I see something wrong, it becomes my duty to speak up.

Do we have the right to understand the world we live in? The right to all the information regarding why our governments are making the decisions that they are?

Science can tell us what can be done in principle, but it is then a matter for public debate as to what should be done. And ultimately, it is a role for politicians to decide the answers.

Taking power is fine. But what do you do when you are in power?

I believe strongly that when you have political capital, you should use it in a manner that helps improve the human condition. You shouldn't just compile power and hold onto power for power's sake.

We're coming to the peak, I think soon, before we have to come back to, like, humanity. Humanity needs to look, and it hasn't been looking for so long.

If children are given some real content, they can feel powerful with their own understanding of it. I think a movie like 'Indian in the Cupboard' will instruct them how to proceed as people. They can think about whether they would have done something the way a character did, how they would have felt about an event in the story.

Instead of only doing songs and item dance,' we need to have a hard look at ourselves not only as actors, but people in this society.

I've been raised and taught to believe that privilege should lead to responsibility - in fact to greater responsibility.

'Dhokha' is a film devoid of any political bias. It conveys to the government that when we talk about individuals who are terrorists, we have to first acknowledge that we created them.

There's so much stuff in America that is very shameful. It's stuff that I can't endorse, but I still perform there.

You can only be a monster if people let you be a monster.