Talk:Speaking truth to power

Merge with Parrhesia?
Seems to be synonymous. Wegesrand (talk) 12:56, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

'personal feelings'? Please explain where.
I've read through this article and can see no evidence of 'personal feelings' or 'original opinions' here. Every opinion expressed is taken from a reputable published source. Am therefore removing the personal essay template. If anyone objects, please explain why here, with evidence. Crawiki (talk) 18:00, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

Milton Mayer
Milton Mayer wrote the book They Thought They Were Free in 1955. The 2017 edition includes an afterword by Richard J. Evans in which he states: "At one meeting [of the American Friends Service Committee] he [Milton Mayer] spontaneously proposed the title 'Speak Truth to Power' for a pamphlet they were about to publish; the phrase immediately entered the language and has remained current ever since." This contradicts the current article, so I am putting it here for discussion. 74.205.219.215 (talk) 02:54, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

Telling truth unto power
"The purpose of intelligence is to inform the government:telling truth unto power." 41.223.72.27 (talk) 07:50, 8 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Until 2005, the internal motto of the CIA's Directorate of Operations (DO), to encapsulate its values.71.127.47.170 (talk) 04:25, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

Original research -- how was Foucault writing about a guy who died in 2017 inm 1983?
However, according to Michel Foucault, only the courageous may pursue the truth-to-power course, as they risk losing their friends (as Winston Churchill did in the 1930s), their liberty, even their lives (as Liu Xiaobo did).

This Foucault source is from '83, but we're citing it to say what his opinion was about a guy's death in 2017? jp×g🗯️ 04:04, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

'In classical Greece, "speaking truth to power" was known as parrhesia.'
Has anyone supported this claim?John Desmond (talk) 12:11, 25 April 2024 (UTC)