Jeff Ross Quotes

It's very hard to turn your back once you're aware of what's going on, and you're aware of the injustices, and you're aware of the civilian casualties. It's much easier if you have no idea and you've never seen it.

I cannot flinch from saying such things in public. As a Representative of the People I am duty bound to do so. Justice cries out to me not to dissemble.

Society is indeed better off when we share knowledge with one another and have open debates about the issues in the public arena, with the hands and motives of the players identified.

One of the best ways to achieve justice is to expose injustice.

If you can't eliminate injustice, at least tell everyone about it.

We are really the conveyors of truth in a very critical time and people need to know that truth.

Awareness in our society has flipped all types of injustice on its head.

I'm someone who believes the truth needs to be heard. And if I'm empowered with the truth, I'm not going to shut up.

My books may highlight corruption, brutality and venality, but they also show that if these things come to light, there is rectification. The voiceless do have a voice; democratic mechanisms and accountability do exist.

To tell the truth is revolutionary.

I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out.

The cartoons which I enjoy have caused some kind of out rage, but they have got people talking about these issues out in the open and in essence that's what its all about.

Someone needs to tell the truth, but it shouldn't be my job.

If it takes talking about unpleasant truths to change Washington, then so be it.

I always say the strength of democracy lies in criticism. If there is no criticism, that means there is no democracy. And if you want to grow, you must invite criticism. And I want to grow; I want to invite criticism.

What you've got to say, you say.

It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home.

When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy.

Honesty allows us to live with not knowing. We do not know the full story; we do not know where we are in the story. We do not know who, ultimately, is at fault or who will carry the blame in the end.

All that a truth commission can achieve is to reduce the number of lies that can be circulated unchallenged in public discourse.

Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.

There’s nothing wrong with a politician saying ‘I don’t know.’ Especially in a disaster there is nothing wrong with saying ‘I don’t know.’

History is replete with examples of what happens when any group of authorities do not have to answer to empirical evidence but are free to define truth as they see fit. None of the examples has a happy ending.

Governments pale in the face of truth. It’s the one thing they fear most.

Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better, the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most, that has made it possible for evil to triumph.