Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “speak the truth to power” and its meaning is “to speak what we believe to be true to someone in authority (who might take it as a criticism or be offended and who has the power to punish you in some way)”.
Example Sentence: The criticism delivered from the Bench for the first time showed that some judges indeed have a spine and are capable of speaking the truth to power. Particularly at this time when Government interference with the judiciary is at its height (with transfers and supersessions of independent-minded judges),…
This phrase is present in The Hindu article Stamp out this hate speech manufacturing network and click here to read it.
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