John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes

If Republicans are going in the wrong direction, I am still willing to stand up against them.

One man with truth on his side is stronger than a majority in error, and will conquer in the end.

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

The smallest number, with God and truth on their side, are weightier than thousands.

A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.

It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always.

I have always defended my convictions and what I believed to be the truth.

I have had all my life-time to fight against powerful odds, but I have never seen any way to do, but to keep on fighting. No man ever yet stood up for truth and justice, God and heaven, but he had to complain of opposition from all quarters.

It is always easy to take a position when society agrees with you. It is hard to take a position that everyone else in society disagrees with.

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

We must know what we think and speak out, even at the risk of unpopularity.

The majority never has right on its side.

The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error.

I have huge respect for whistle-blowers, people who stand up against their bosses and losing their careers, just for truth and justice.

Speaking up for the truth isn't always easy. It takes courage, but it's necessary.

You defend the truth no matter what.

When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.

We have to stand for the truth.

I had purpose in my heart that I would stand up for the truth regardless of what I might lose in life.

If you don't have any enemies in life you have never stood up for anything.

It can take greater courage to stand in opposition to the views of your neighbors or nation than to confront an enemy in combat.

You have to stand up for what's right in life. Unless you do that... you're nothing.

Do not be scared of the incumbents.

I have learned that when you’re in the right you should fight the world.