The refusal to take sides on great moral issues is itself a decision. It is a silent acquiescence to evil. The Tragedy of our time is that those who still believe in honesty lack fire and conviction, while those who believe in dishonesty are full of passionate conviction.

Fulton J. Sheen

Mots clés morality apathy catholicism catholic



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It was not our war, but it would be our disgrace, our shame. The West was filling to declare a war over the price of oil, but when it came to the wholesale slaughter of human beings we folded our hands across our chests and tapped our heels, with great anticipation that Sunday's sporting events would be wonderfully entertaining

Bill Carter

Mots clés apathy



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Apathetic people sit back and wait for things to get better before they move. Radical people make things get better, by how they move.

Shannon L. Alder

Mots clés success inspiration apathy action mediocrity passiveness



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Voter apathy was, and will remain the greatest threat to democracy.

Hazen Pingree

Mots clés democracy apathy voters voting



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It is the apathetic person that sees the cause while the charitable person sees the need.

Shannon L. Alder

Mots clés apathy holidays charity giving life-mission life-purpose causes donations



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...you want things to remain the same, which they never can, and so you’re wounded by your own feelings

John Geddes

Mots clés apathy feelings resentment muse wounded



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Giulio was against our meeting. He didn't want me getting mixed up in things that, in his opinion, were no concern of mine. For decades the respectable people here did nothing but repeat that the Mafia was no concern of theirs but only involved the people involved in it. But I used to teach my pupils that the see-nothing, know-nothing attitude is the most mortal of sins. So now that its my turn to tell what I saw, I'm supposed to take a step back?

Andrea Camilleri

Mots clés apathy



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The West's post-Holocaust pledge that genocide would never again be tolerated proved to be hollow, and for all the fine sentiments inspired by the memory of Auschwitz, the problem remains that denouncing evil is a far cry from doing good.

Philip Gourevitch

Mots clés evil apathy indifference good action tolerance sentiment genocide holocaust talk sudan hitler rwanda west hollow auschewitz south-sudan



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You will always feel insignificant if you never do anything to change the world or another person's life, other than your own.

Shannon L. Alder

Mots clés apathy mediocrity insignificance accomplishments



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The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead.

William Lloyd Garrison

Mots clés people apathy dead resurrection statue



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