TRUTH IS POWER Some men say that ‘wealth is power’, and some that ‘ talent is power’, and some that ‘knowledge is power’, and others that ‘authority is power’; but there is an apothegm that I would place on high above them all, when I would assert that ‘truth is power’. Wealth cannot purchase – talent cannot refute – knowledge cannot overreach — authority cannot silence her; they all, like Felix, tremble at her presence ……………………………
(Liberator, October 6, 1832,pg 4)
