The great Scholar, Ibnu-l-Wazeer al-Yamanee - may Allaah have mercy on him said:
"If the scholars, may Allaah be pleased with them, leave out defending the truth for the fear of what people may say they would have compromised a great deal and fear that which is inconsequential."
(Al-'Awaasim wal-Qawwasim: 1/223)
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