Ed Begley Jr. Quotes

People ask me if I have some kind of death wish, to keep saying the things I do. The answer is no: I would like to keep living. However, some things must be said, and there are times when silence becomes an accomplice to injustice.

What's right and good doesn't come naturally. You have to stand up and fight for it - as if the cause depends on you, because it does.

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

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

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

Fighting for what is right is not always popular but is always necessary.

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.

When I see something wrong, I speak up.

When you see corruption, when you see injustice, you speak up. You don't just shut up and say it's none of my business.

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.

When I see a blatant injustice, I can't keep quiet. I've been that way since I was a little kid.

I think it's so important for somebody like me to stand up for the things I believe in and speak up on things I don't think are right.

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

I would rather be alone and a loud voice for action than be silent.

It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.

When you get people standing up saying, 'I'm going to just tell the truth; what do we have to fear?,' it encourages others, and it creates a counterresponse.

I lose film roles because I'm a person who doesn't keep quiet about certain things. But if my heart tells me something is wrong, I'm going to go and do something about it.

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.

I always feel compelled to lend my voice to things I strongly believe in.

He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it.

To tell the truth is revolutionary.

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

I've done truth to power all my life. It's got me into trouble, but who cares?

Truth is the most bitter to accept, swallow and digest it. The moment you speak truth, you lose your popularity. But I don't care.

You have to stand up for some things in this world.