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. SheenTag: morality apathy catholicism catholic
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 CarterTag: apathy
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. AlderTag: success inspiration apathy action mediocrity passiveness
Voter apathy was, and will remain the greatest threat to democracy.
Hazen PingreeTag: democracy apathy voters voting
It is the apathetic person that sees the cause while the charitable person sees the need.
Shannon L. AlderTag: apathy holidays charity giving life-mission life-purpose causes donations
...you want things to remain the same, which they never can, and so you’re wounded by your own feelings
John GeddesTag: apathy feelings resentment muse wounded
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 CamilleriTag: apathy
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 GourevitchTag: evil apathy indifference good action tolerance sentiment genocide holocaust talk sudan hitler rwanda west hollow auschewitz south-sudan
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. AlderTag: apathy mediocrity insignificance accomplishments
The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead.
William Lloyd GarrisonTag: people apathy dead resurrection statue
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