Power that Speaks & Hurts.

It's an age old dictum that has been passed down the generation through the word of mouth that, "Silence is Golden, and Speech is Silver." This applies to all society and entire strata of position which an individual holds. But of late there seems to be mockery of the above statement.
Every word an individual utters bears a consequence based on the position which the individual holds. The consequence can be immediate if its uttered by a Man of position with power. Else the word uttered by the simple/ common man is always lost in oblivion. The reason i make such a statement is based on my observation over the past few years, where men holding prestigious position and power just utter statement that in many cases have no speck of truth embedded in it. As a result it has hurt the sentiments of large section of society and causing a furore over nations. Just to quote a few such examples which comes immediately to my mind from the incidents that occurred over the past few months, the most notable being the statement made by the Pope Benedict XVI on the concept of holy war in the Islamic society. Also the unnecessary projection of prophet cartoon in the danish newspaper 'jylland-posten'. Though both this incidents were targeted on a single society. But I'm using this incidents as a case study to point out the fact, that an unnecessary remark by men of respectable position. Just uttering few words have resulted in large scale unrest between nations and faith. Where else when such words would have been uttered by a common man, it wouldn't have caused such large calamitic consequence.
Is it words that weighs more consequence based on the individual person background, or is it power that speaks for itself. Incidents occurring around us gives a clear indication that power speaks and results in immediate consequence. But lets remember only when harsh words uttered by someone in position of power that hurts societies sentiment has resulted in uproar in the society. Clearly validating the fact that physical injury might always heal, but harsh words when uttered leaves an ugly scar behind.
But the point i would like to make is that society has today accepted falsehood and wrong utterance as a way of life. Practice of truth has become a commodity of past, and today it seems to have found shelter not in humans life rather blissfully sleeping in our moral and spiritual textbooks. Man has to realize that he has to account for every falsehood he speaks, and be calm whenever he utters truth. The point I would like to drive here is with Power comes a sense of responsibility that bears an immediate consequence for the fact that people in such position are looked upon for every act they perform and every word they utter. Its not the media to be blamed for this, but its price for being on top. Thus every casual act has to be considered with utmost care. But the general trend being that all of us have lost our sense of restrain on our speech, which has resulted in todays chaotic and hostile environment. Its not just about speaking but also speaking the truth. The society has to accept the fact that its acceptance of falsehood and non restrain on speech is the cause of todays grievous situation.