Quiet isn’t always strength. If something’s wrong and staying silent protects nobody, speak.

Silence can be restraint, and it can also be convenience wearing restraint’s clothes. The test is who it is protecting. If nobody is safer for your not saying anything, then the quiet is only sparing you the discomfort of being the one who spoke, which is a different thing from strength.

If something is going on that you would not want done to you, you do not have to confront anyone publicly. Telling one person who can act is enough: a teacher, a coach, a parent, a manager. You are allowed to be the one who said something, and allowed to do it quietly.