“Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence and thereby eventually lose all ability to defend ourselves and those we love.”— Julian Assange
“There is no sadder sight than a man who has lost his capacity for enthusiasm.”— Ray Stannard Baker
“The world suffers a lot. Not because of the violence of bad people, but because of the silence of the good people.”— Napoleon Bonaparte
“It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active.”— John Philpot Curran
“I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn.”— Alan Bates
“The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain.”— Bernard Berenson
“The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain.”— Jim Bishop
“The more that voting is glorified as a panacea, the more lackadaisical the voting public becomes.”— James Bovard
“The problem in our country isn't with books being banned, but with people no longer reading.”— Ray Bradbury
“I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate -- it's apathy. It's not giving a damn.”— Leo Buscaglia
“I have three things I'd like to say today. First, while you were sleeping last night, 30,000 kids died of starvation or diseases related to malnutrition. Second, most of you don't give a shit. What's worse is that you're more upset with the fact that I just said shit than the fact that 30,000 kids died last night.”— Tony Campolo