John Podhoretz Quotes

It would have been more comfortable to remain silent.

If nobody said anything unless he knew what he was talking about, a ghastly hush would descend upon the earth.

You can't know too much, but you can say too much.

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.

One should never, ever remain silent for fear of complexity,

Books will speak plain when counselors blanch.

Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.

I have noticed that nothing that I never said ever did me any harm.

He that would speak the truth must have one foot in the stirrup.

It is forgivable to say nothing out of ignorance; it's inexcusable to remain silent once awareness dawns.

Truth can be outraged by silence quite as cruelly as by speech.

If you ask me anything I don't know, I'm not going to answer.

Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak.

Anytime you're the first to speak out against something, there's going to be a backlash.

Words let us say the things we want to say and also things we would be better off not having said. They let us know the things we need to know, and also things we wish we didn't.

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

Every speaker has a mouth; An arrangement rather neat. Sometimes it's filled with wisdom. Sometimes it's filled with feet.

If you don't speak out now when it matters, when would it matter for you to speak out?

You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.

So I think it's better to say something than not to say anything at all, even to an ignorant person.

They say actions speak louder than words, but actions don't speak. People speak, and people are loud.

What you've got to say, you say.

Your silence will not protect you.

The more I see the less I know for sure.

I speak up when it's needed.