Neutrality Quotes

The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who, in time of great moral crises, retained their neutrality. Dante Alighieri

Neutrality, as a lasting principle, is an evidence of weakness. Louis Kossuth

Neutrality is a negative word. It does not express what America ought to feel … We are not trying to keep out of trouble; we are trying to preserve the foundations on which peace may be rebuilt. Woodrow Wilson

The cold neutrality of an impartial judge. Edmund Burke

Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence. Louis D Brandeis

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. Desmond Tutu

Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Elie Wiesel

People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo. Max Eastman

Neutrality is no favorite with Providence, for we are so formed that it is scarcely possible for us to stand neuter in our hearts, although we may deem it prudent to appear so in our actions. Charles Caleb Colton

Neutral men are the devil’s allies. Edwin Hubbell Chapin