Benjamin Clementine Quotes

Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service.

I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.

I feel the weight of just telling the truth. There really is no weight to telling the truth. It's a little scary sometimes, but if you tell the truth, you don't have to be looking over your shoulder.

I don't think I push boundaries. I find that other people feel that way. To me, it's just about going up there and speaking the truth, whatever that is.

I feel like it's my responsibility and my obligation to stand up and to say that which I believe to be the truth.

I will tell the truth wherever I please.

If you speak your mind and if it is true what you're saying, then I think the integrity of what you're saying carries through.

Expressing truth is hard work.

I don't believe in that "no comment" business. I always have a comment.

Telling the truth -- telling thoughtful truths -- should not be a revolutionary act. Speaking truths to power should not be sacrificial, but they are. But I think if more of us chose to do this for the greater good, we'd be in better spaces than we are right now.

I give my honest opinion, whether it's right or wrong, but it's an opinion that I'll make.

I would describe myself as outspoken. Not political. Outspoken about what I want to say. There are things that need to be said... and I think it's my obligation to say them.

If I feel I am not doing something right, I express it to people and to the media, too. I wouldn't shy away from that. It's healthy to interact. What you see is what you get with me.

I have always expressed my opinion fearlessly. To not express the truth is far more frightening.

Writing can teach us the dignity of speaking the truth.

My responsibility to myself, my neighbors, my family and the human family is to try to tell the truth.

There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously.

Be honest about mistakes. Even if you are afraid of what people think.

I think the currency of leadership is transparency. You've got to be truthful. I don't think you should be vulnerable every day, but there are moments where you've got to share your soul and conscience with people and show them who you are, and not be afraid of it.

It's become my brand in a way, you know, speaking the truth even though it was not politically correct.

I'm not scared about saying what I think.

In matters of truth the fact that you don't want to publish something is, nine times out of ten, a proof that you ought to publish it.

I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.

You've got to be who you are. You've got to be honest with people. If your views change on something, you've got to be willing to express it.

I shall stick to my resolution of writing always what I think no matter whom it offends.