Quotes About Neutrality

At that point, a different admiral—a Nelson at Copenhagen, or a Cunningham at Mers el-Kébir—might simply have ignored Italian neutrality and gone in after the German ships.

For the rest, who can be fit to judge of these differences? As we say of debates about religion, that we need a judge who is not attached to one or the other side, exempt from choice or affection, which is not possible among Christians, so it is likewise in this case.

Il m'importe peu de savoir si Dieu existe ou non ; mais ce que je sais et que je saurai jusqu'au bout, c'est qu'il n'aurait pas dû créer en même temps l'amour et la mort. Le Neutre, c'est ce Non irréductible : un Non comme suspendu devant les endurcissements de la foi et de la certitude et incorruptible par l'une et par l'autre.

by saying little, he underscored his position as honest broker and permitted the antagonists to vent their anger.

The universe is not hostile, nor yet is it friendly. It is simply indifferent

We phungus never judge guilt or innocence, we judge evidence. The law isn't emotional, you know, it's cold and impersonal.

Disagreements about things like the necessity of Christian education are actually disagreements about the nature of knowledge, the meaning of common grace, the authority of natural revelation, and the possibility of neutrality in education.

Beware of anyone who claims to be neutral, for they always have an agenda.

I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.

The problem, of course, lies in companies viewing governments and citizens as equals, while in fact governments are, by and large, using their power to implement policies where passing laws is impossible without also changing the national constitution. By remaining neutral, corporations are acting as conduits of the state. They are today's censors, not unlike the religious institutions and governments that came before them.

But doesn't fairness also mean not showing favoritism to one group over another? [fave quote from page 128]

People no longer wanted right or left—they wanted middle-of-the-road.

There is no politically neutral fence available for us to sit on, and our attempts to do so have the consequence (intended or not) of supporting the existing political system.

Professionally and personally, I try to be as agnostic as possible, try to see things as objectively as possible.

The concept of neutrality can lead to a brooding and pervasive devotion to the secular and a passive, or even active, hostility to the religious. Such results are not only not compelled by the Constitution, but, it seems to me, are prohibited by it.

I promise you I try very hard to stay out of party politics. I run away from it.

Our job as a business is not to promote a political agenda. That's not what we do.

It's not proper for a professor to go before a class and promote one party or another. That's not academic scholarship.

The state has not only the obligation to stay neutral in matters of religion but also to ensure that freedom of thought and conscience of all individuals is protected.

I'm kind of right in the middle - I'm an Independent, not far Left or far Right. But I don't think everyone needs to know about that, do they?

It's equal opportunity for all, and we don't play favourites.

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.

I don't think journalists should talk about whom they're voting for.

In an increasingly polarized world, it's hard to know whom to trust. CNN will be the only news channel that doesn't take a side.